#87CEFD#87CEFD

#87CEFD is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.097 H 238.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87CEFD
RGB	rgb(135, 206, 253)
HSL	hsl(204, 97%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(204, 47%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.6%, 18.6%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.83, -10.01, -29.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.83, 31.57, 251.51°)
OKLab	oklab(82.18% -0.0508 -0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(82.18% 0.097 238.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.7864, 56.3817, 101.1687)
Luminance	0.5638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87CEFD #FDB687

analogous

#87FDF1 #87CEFD #8793FD

triadic

#87CEFD #FD87CE #CEFD87

tetradic

#87CEFD #F187FD #FDB687 #93FD87

square

#87CEFD #F187FD #FDB687 #93FD87

split-complementary

#87CEFD #FD8793 #FDF187

monochromatic

#0F9DFB #4BB5FC #87CEFD #C3E7FE #E1F3FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#87CEFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#87CEFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87CEFD

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87CEFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87CEFD	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9CDFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9C0FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50DADD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87cefd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 206, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.097 238.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afdcfe',
    500: '#87cefd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87cefd;
$custom-light: #afdcfe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87cefd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.898,
    "s": 96.721,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82183,
    "c": 0.09742,
    "h": 238.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87CEFD

secondary

#DC854C

accent

#5B00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFF

border

#D1D5D7

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #87CEFD

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

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