#87CFEF#87CFEF

#87CFEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.085 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87CFEF
RGB	rgb(135, 207, 239)
HSL	hsl(198, 76%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(198, 44%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 13.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.62, -14.30, -22.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.62, 26.91, 237.89°)
OKLab	oklab(81.85% -0.0569 -0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(81.85% 0.085 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.8790, 56.0052, 89.9317)
Luminance	0.5601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87CFEF #EFA787

analogous

#87EFDB #87CFEF #879BEF

triadic

#87CFEF #EF87CF #CFEF87

tetradic

#87CFEF #DB87EF #EFA787 #9BEF87

square

#87CFEF #DB87EF #EFA787 #9BEF87

split-complementary

#87CFEF #EF879B #EFDB87

monochromatic

#1EA3DE #51B9E8 #87CFEF #BDE5F6 #E4F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#87CFEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#87CFEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87CFEF

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87CFEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87CFEF	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BECCF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFC0EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5AD8D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87cfef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 207, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.085 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afddf4',
    500: '#87cfef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87cfef;
$custom-light: #afddf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87cfef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.462,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81852,
    "c": 0.08483,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87CFEF

secondary

#CA7650

accent

#4C0DD9

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #87CFEF

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

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