#87D7FA#87D7FA

#87D7FA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.092 H 227.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87D7FA
RGB	rgb(135, 215, 250)
HSL	hsl(198, 92%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(198, 46%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 14%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.19, -15.50, -24.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.19, 29.19, 237.92°)
OKLab	oklab(84.02% -0.0622 -0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(84.02% 0.092 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.5412, 60.6500, 99.4146)
Luminance	0.6065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#87D7FA #FAAA87

analogous

#87FAE4 #87D7FA #879DFA

triadic

#87D7FA #FA87D7 #D7FA87

tetradic

#87D7FA #E487FA #FAAA87 #9DFA87

square

#87D7FA #E487FA #FAAA87 #9DFA87

split-complementary

#87D7FA #FA879D #FAE487

monochromatic

#11B0F5 #4CC3F8 #87D7FA #C2EBFC #E2F5FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#87D7FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.13

#87D7FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87D7FA

13.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87D7FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87D7FA	1.00	1.60	13.13	13.13
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5D4FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C7FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50E1E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87d7fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 215, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.092 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0e3fc',
    500: '#87d7fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87d7fa;
$custom-light: #b0e3fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87d7fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.261,
    "s": 92,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8402,
    "c": 0.09245,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87D7FA

secondary

#D8774D

accent

#4600E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFF

border

#D1D5D7

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #87D7FA

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

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