#87CEF2#87CEF2

#87CEF2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.087 H 231.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87CEF2
RGB	rgb(135, 206, 242)
HSL	hsl(200, 80%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(200, 44%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.2%, 14.9%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.44, -12.99, -24.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.44, 27.87, 242.22°)
OKLab	oklab(81.75% -0.0546 -0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(81.75% 0.087 231.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.0843, 55.7009, 92.2047)
Luminance	0.5570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87CEF2 #F2AB87

analogous

#87F2E1 #87CEF2 #8799F2

triadic

#87CEF2 #F287CE #CEF287

tetradic

#87CEF2 #E187F2 #F2AB87 #99F287

square

#87CEF2 #E187F2 #F2AB87 #99F287

split-complementary

#87CEF2 #F28799 #F2E187

monochromatic

#19A1E6 #50B7EC #87CEF2 #BEE5F8 #E3F4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#87CEF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#87CEF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87CEF2

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87CEF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87CEF2	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCCCF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADC0F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58D8DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87cef2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 206, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.087 231.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afddf6',
    500: '#87cef2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87cef2;
$custom-light: #afddf6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87cef2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.187,
    "s": 80.451,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81748,
    "c": 0.08737,
    "h": 231.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87CEF2

secondary

#CE7A4F

accent

#5009DD

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #87CEF2

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

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