#87CEEF#87CEEF

#87CEEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.085 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87CEEF
RGB	rgb(135, 206, 239)
HSL	hsl(199, 76%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(199, 44%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 13.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.34, -13.79, -23.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.34, 27.00, 239.29°)
OKLab	oklab(81.63% -0.0557 -0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(81.63% 0.085 229)
XYZ	xyz(47.6375, 55.5222, 89.8512)
Luminance	0.5553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87CEEF #EFA887

analogous

#87EFDC #87CEEF #879AEF

triadic

#87CEEF #EF87CE #CEEF87

tetradic

#87CEEF #DC87EF #EFA887 #9AEF87

square

#87CEEF #DC87EF #EFA887 #9AEF87

split-complementary

#87CEEF #EF879A #EFDC87

monochromatic

#1EA1DE #51B8E8 #87CEEF #BDE4F6 #E4F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#87CEEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#87CEEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87CEEF

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87CEEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87CEEF	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCBF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBFEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5AD7D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87ceef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 206, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.085 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeddf4',
    500: '#87ceef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87ceef;
$custom-light: #aeddf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87ceef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.038,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81633,
    "c": 0.08493,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.55526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87CEEF

secondary

#CA7750

accent

#4E0DD9

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #87CEEF

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

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