#87CFEE#87CFEE

#87CFEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.084 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87CFEE
RGB	rgb(135, 207, 238)
HSL	hsl(198, 75%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(198, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 13%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.58, -14.57, -22.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.58, 26.64, 236.86°)
OKLab	oklab(81.81% -0.0572 -0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(81.81% 0.084 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.7316, 55.9462, 89.1558)
Luminance	0.5595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87CFEE #EEA687

analogous

#87EED9 #87CFEE #879BEE

triadic

#87CFEE #EE87CF #CFEE87

tetradic

#87CFEE #D987EE #EEA687 #9BEE87

square

#87CFEE #D987EE #EEA687 #9BEE87

split-complementary

#87CFEE #EE879B #EED987

monochromatic

#1FA3DC #51BAE6 #87CFEE #BDE4F6 #E4F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#87CFEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#87CFEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87CFEE

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87CFEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87CFEE	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCCF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFC0EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BD8D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87cfee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 207, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.084 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeddf3',
    500: '#87cfee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87cfee;
$custom-light: #aeddf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87cfee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.058,
    "s": 75.182,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81814,
    "c": 0.08407,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87CFEE

secondary

#C97550

accent

#4B0ED7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #87CFEE

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

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