#87CFEC#87CFEC

#87CFEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.083 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87CFEC
RGB	rgb(135, 207, 236)
HSL	hsl(197, 73%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(197, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.8%, 12.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.52, -15.09, -21.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.52, 26.14, 234.73°)
OKLab	oklab(81.74% -0.058 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(81.74% 0.083 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.4395, 55.8294, 87.6169)
Luminance	0.5583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87CFEC #ECA487

analogous

#87ECD7 #87CFEC #879CEC

triadic

#87CFEC #EC87CF #CFEC87

tetradic

#87CFEC #D787EC #ECA487 #9CEC87

square

#87CFEC #D787EC #ECA487 #9CEC87

split-complementary

#87CFEC #EC879C #ECD787

monochromatic

#22A3D7 #52BAE4 #87CFEC #BCE4F4 #E5F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#87CFEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#87CFEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87CFEC

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87CFEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87CFEC	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCCEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C0EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CD8D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87cfec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 207, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.083 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeddf2',
    500: '#87cfec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87cfec;
$custom-light: #aeddf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87cfec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.228,
    "s": 72.662,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81739,
    "c": 0.08262,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87CFEC

secondary

#C67351

accent

#4911D5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #87CFEC

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

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