#87CEEE#87CEEE

#87CEEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.084 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87CEEE
RGB	rgb(135, 206, 238)
HSL	hsl(199, 75%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(199, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 13.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.31, -14.05, -22.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.31, 26.72, 238.28°)
OKLab	oklab(81.6% -0.0561 -0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(81.6% 0.084 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.4901, 55.4632, 89.0753)
Luminance	0.5547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87CEEE #EEA787

analogous

#87EEDA #87CEEE #879AEE

triadic

#87CEEE #EE87CE #CEEE87

tetradic

#87CEEE #DA87EE #EEA787 #9AEE87

square

#87CEEE #DA87EE #EEA787 #9AEE87

split-complementary

#87CEEE #EE879A #EEDA87

monochromatic

#1FA1DC #51B8E6 #87CEEE #BDE4F6 #E4F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#87CEEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#87CEEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87CEEE

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87CEEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87CEEE	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCBF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBFEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BD7D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87ceee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 206, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.084 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeddf3',
    500: '#87ceee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87ceee;
$custom-light: #aeddf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87ceee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.641,
    "s": 75.182,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81595,
    "c": 0.08415,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87CEEE

secondary

#C97650

accent

#4D0ED7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #87CEEE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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