#87CFEB#87CFEB

#87CFEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.082 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87CFEB
RGB	rgb(135, 207, 235)
HSL	hsl(197, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(197, 43%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 11.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.48, -15.35, -20.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.48, 25.90, 233.64°)
OKLab	oklab(81.7% -0.0583 -0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(81.7% 0.082 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.2946, 55.7714, 86.8539)
Luminance	0.5577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87CFEB #EBA387

analogous

#87EBD5 #87CFEB #879DEB

triadic

#87CFEB #EB87CF #CFEB87

tetradic

#87CFEB #D587EB #EBA387 #9DEB87

square

#87CFEB #D587EB #EBA387 #9DEB87

split-complementary

#87CFEB #EB879D #EBD587

monochromatic

#23A3D4 #53BAE2 #87CFEB #BBE4F4 #E5F5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#87CFEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#87CFEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87CFEB

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87CFEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87CFEB	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCCED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C0EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CD8D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87cfeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 207, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.082 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeddf1',
    500: '#87cfeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87cfeb;
$custom-light: #aeddf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87cfeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.8,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81701,
    "c": 0.08192,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87CFEB

secondary

#C57251

accent

#4812D3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #87CFEB

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

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