#87DAFA#87DAFA

#87DAFA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.092 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87DAFA
RGB	rgb(135, 218, 250)
HSL	hsl(197, 92%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(197, 46%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 12.8%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.02, -17.04, -23.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.02, 29.01, 234.03°)
OKLab	oklab(84.68% -0.0656 -0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(84.68% 0.092 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.3121, 62.1919, 99.6715)
Luminance	0.6220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#87DAFA #FAA787

analogous

#87FAE1 #87DAFA #87A0FA

triadic

#87DAFA #FA87DA #DAFA87

tetradic

#87DAFA #E187FA #FAA787 #A0FA87

square

#87DAFA #E187FA #FAA787 #A0FA87

split-complementary

#87DAFA #FA87A0 #FAE187

monochromatic

#11B6F5 #4CC8F8 #87DAFA #C2ECFC #E2F6FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#87DAFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.44

#87DAFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87DAFA

13.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87DAFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87DAFA	1.00	1.56	13.44	13.44
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8D6FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C9FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50E4E4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87dafa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 218, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.092 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0e5fc',
    500: '#87dafa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87dafa;
$custom-light: #b0e5fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87dafa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.696,
    "s": 92,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84676,
    "c": 0.09227,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87DAFA

secondary

#D8744D

accent

#4000E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFF

border

#D1D5D7

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #87DAFA

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

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