#87D5EB#87D5EB

#87D5EB is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.083 H 217.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87D5EB
RGB	rgb(135, 213, 235)
HSL	hsl(193, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(193, 43%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 9.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.15, -18.42, -18.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.15, 26.00, 224.88°)
OKLab	oklab(83.02% -0.0654 -0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(83.02% 0.083 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.7759, 58.7341, 87.3477)
Luminance	0.5874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87D5EB #EB9D87

analogous

#87EBCF #87D5EB #87A3EB

triadic

#87D5EB #EB87D5 #D5EB87

tetradic

#87D5EB #CF87EB #EB9D87 #A3EB87

square

#87D5EB #CF87EB #EB9D87 #A3EB87

split-complementary

#87D5EB #EB87A3 #EBCF87

monochromatic

#23ADD4 #53C3E2 #87D5EB #BBE7F4 #E5F6FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#87D5EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#87D5EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87D5EB

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87D5EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87D5EB	1.00	1.65	12.75	12.75
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6D0EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C4EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BDDDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87d5eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 213, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.083 217.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afe2f1',
    500: '#87d5eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87d5eb;
$custom-light: #afe2f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87d5eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.2,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83024,
    "c": 0.08262,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87D5EB

secondary

#C56B51

accent

#3D12D3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #87D5EB

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

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