#87D8EA#87D8EA

#87D8EA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.083 H 213.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87D8EA
RGB	rgb(135, 216, 234)
HSL	hsl(191, 70%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(191, 42%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 7.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.95, -20.20, -16.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.95, 26.14, 219.42°)
OKLab	oklab(83.65% -0.0693 -0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(83.65% 0.083 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.3934, 60.1996, 86.8428)
Luminance	0.6020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87D8EA #EA9987

analogous

#87EACB #87D8EA #87A7EA

triadic

#87D8EA #EA87D8 #D8EA87

tetradic

#87D8EA #CB87EA #EA9987 #A7EA87

square

#87D8EA #CB87EA #EA9987 #A7EA87

split-complementary

#87D8EA #EA87A7 #EACB87

monochromatic

#25B2D2 #53C7E1 #87D8EA #BBE9F3 #E5F7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#87D8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.04

#87D8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87D8EA

13.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87D8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87D8EA	1.00	1.61	13.04	13.04
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD3EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC7EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BDFDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87d8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 216, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.083 213.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afe4f0',
    500: '#87d8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87d8ea;
$custom-light: #afe4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87d8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.909,
    "s": 70.213,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83653,
    "c": 0.08298,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87D8EA

secondary

#C46651

accent

#3613D2

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #87D8EA

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

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