Lightskyblue#87CEFA

#87CEFA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.095 H 236.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Lightskyblue — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#87CEFA
RGB	rgb(135, 206, 250)
HSL	hsl(203, 92%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(203, 46%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 17.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.72, -10.83, -28.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.72, 30.49, 249.19°)
OKLab	oklab(82.06% -0.0518 -0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(82.06% 0.095 236.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.3122, 56.1921, 98.6716)
Luminance	0.5620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87CEFA #FAB387

analogous

#87FAED #87CEFA #8794FA

triadic

#87CEFA #FA87CE #CEFA87

tetradic

#87CEFA #ED87FA #FAB387 #94FA87

square

#87CEFA #ED87FA #FAB387 #94FA87

split-complementary

#87CEFA #FA8794 #FAED87

monochromatic

#119EF5 #4CB6F8 #87CEFA #C2E6FC #E2F3FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#87CEFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#87CEFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87CEFA

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87CEFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87CEFA	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BACDFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAC0F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53D9DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87cefa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 206, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.095 236.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afddfc',
    500: '#87cefa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87cefa;
$custom-light: #afddfc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87cefa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.957,
    "s": 92,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82062,
    "c": 0.09453,
    "h": 236.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87CEFA

secondary

#D8824D

accent

#5800E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFF

border

#D1D5D7

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #87CEFA

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

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