#87CEFB#87CEFB

#87CEFB is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.095 H 237.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87CEFB
RGB	rgb(135, 206, 251)
HSL	hsl(203, 94%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(203, 46%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 17.9%, 0%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.76, -10.56, -28.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.76, 30.84, 249.98°)
OKLab	oklab(82.1% -0.0515 -0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(82.1% 0.095 237.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.4694, 56.2549, 99.4996)
Luminance	0.5626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#87CEFB #FBB487

analogous

#87FBEE #87CEFB #8794FB

triadic

#87CEFB #FB87CE #CEFB87

tetradic

#87CEFB #EE87FB #FBB487 #94FB87

square

#87CEFB #EE87FB #FBB487 #94FB87

split-complementary

#87CEFB #FB8794 #FBEE87

monochromatic

#119EF7 #4CB6F9 #87CEFB #C2E6FD #E1F3FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#87CEFB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#87CEFB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87CEFB

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87CEFB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87CEFB	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BACDFD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAC0FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52DADD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87cefb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 206, 251);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.095 237.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afdcfc',
    500: '#87cefb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87cefb;
$custom-light: #afdcfc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87cefb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 251
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.276,
    "s": 93.548,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82102,
    "c": 0.09548,
    "h": 237.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87CEFB

secondary

#DA834C

accent

#5900E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFF

border

#D1D5D7

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #87CEFB

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

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