#87CEFF#87CEFF

#87CEFF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.099 H 239.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87CEFF
RGB	rgb(135, 206, 255)
HSL	hsl(205, 100%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(205, 47%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 19.2%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.90, -9.46, -30.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.90, 32.31, 252.97°)
OKLab	oklab(82.26% -0.0501 -0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(82.26% 0.099 239.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.1066, 56.5098, 102.8554)
Luminance	0.5651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87CEFF #FFB887

analogous

#87FFF4 #87CEFF #8792FF

triadic

#87CEFF #FF87CE #CEFF87

tetradic

#87CEFF #F487FF #FFB887 #92FF87

square

#87CEFF #F487FF #FFB887 #92FF87

split-complementary

#87CEFF #FF8792 #FFF487

monochromatic

#0D9CFF #4AB5FF #87CEFF #C4E7FF #E0F3FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#87CEFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#87CEFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87CEFF

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87CEFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87CEFF	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8CDFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8C1FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FDADE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87ceff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 206, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.099 239.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87ceff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.5,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82264,
    "c": 0.09941,
    "h": 239.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87CEFF

secondary

#DF884B

accent

#5E00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFF

border

#D1D5D7

text

#111518

muted

#818486

Preview Lab

Preview with #87CEFF

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

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