#87D8EB#87D8EB

#87D8EB is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.083 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87D8EB
RGB	rgb(135, 216, 235)
HSL	hsl(191, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(191, 43%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 8.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.98, -19.94, -17.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.98, 26.26, 220.60°)
OKLab	oklab(83.69% -0.0689 -0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(83.69% 0.083 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.5375, 60.2572, 87.6016)
Luminance	0.6026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87D8EB #EB9A87

analogous

#87EBCC #87D8EB #87A6EB

triadic

#87D8EB #EB87D8 #D8EB87

tetradic

#87D8EB #CC87EB #EB9A87 #A6EB87

square

#87D8EB #CC87EB #EB9A87 #A6EB87

split-complementary

#87D8EB #EB87A6 #EBCC87

monochromatic

#23B3D4 #53C7E2 #87D8EB #BBE9F4 #E5F6FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#87D8EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.05

#87D8EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87D8EB

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87D8EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87D8EB	1.00	1.61	13.05	13.05
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD3EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC7EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5AE0DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87d8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 216, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.083 214.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afe4f1',
    500: '#87d8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87d8eb;
$custom-light: #afe4f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87d8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.4,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83688,
    "c": 0.08342,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87D8EB

secondary

#C56751

accent

#3712D3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #87D8EB

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

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