#87CEFE#87CEFE

#87CEFE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.098 H 239.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87CEFE
RGB	rgb(135, 206, 254)
HSL	hsl(204, 98%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(204, 47%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 18.9%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.87, -9.74, -30.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.87, 31.93, 252.25°)
OKLab	oklab(82.22% -0.0505 -0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(82.22% 0.098 239.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.9461, 56.4456, 102.0099)
Luminance	0.5645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87CEFE #FEB787

analogous

#87FEF3 #87CEFE #8793FE

triadic

#87CEFE #FE87CE #CEFE87

tetradic

#87CEFE #F387FE #FEB787 #93FE87

square

#87CEFE #F387FE #FEB787 #93FE87

split-complementary

#87CEFE #FE8793 #FEF387

monochromatic

#0E9CFD #4AB5FD #87CEFE #C4E7FF #E1F3FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#87CEFE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#87CEFE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87CEFE

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87CEFE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87CEFE	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9CDFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9C0FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50DADE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87cefe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 206, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.098 239.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0dcff',
    500: '#87cefe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87cefe;
$custom-light: #b0dcff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87cefe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.202,
    "s": 98.347,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82223,
    "c": 0.0984,
    "h": 239.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87CEFE

secondary

#DE864B

accent

#5D00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFF

border

#D1D5D7

text

#111518

muted

#818486

Preview Lab

Preview with #87CEFE

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

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