#87DBFA#87DBFA

#87DBFA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.092 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87DBFA
RGB	rgb(135, 219, 250)
HSL	hsl(196, 92%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(196, 46%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 12.4%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.29, -17.54, -23.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.29, 28.97, 232.73°)
OKLab	oklab(84.9% -0.0667 -0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(84.9% 0.092 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.5722, 62.7121, 99.7582)
Luminance	0.6272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87DBFA #FAA687

analogous

#87FADF #87DBFA #87A1FA

triadic

#87DBFA #FA87DB #DBFA87

tetradic

#87DBFA #DF87FA #FAA687 #A1FA87

square

#87DBFA #DF87FA #FAA687 #A1FA87

split-complementary

#87DBFA #FA87A1 #FADF87

monochromatic

#11B8F5 #4CC9F8 #87DBFA #C2EDFC #E2F6FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#87DBFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.54

#87DBFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87DBFA

13.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87DBFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87DBFA	1.00	1.55	13.54	13.54
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D7FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8CAFA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FE5E5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87dbfa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 219, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.092 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0e6fc',
    500: '#87dbfa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87dbfa;
$custom-light: #b0e6fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87dbfa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.174,
    "s": 92,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84895,
    "c": 0.09227,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87DBFA

secondary

#D8724D

accent

#3E00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFF

border

#D1D5D7

text

#111617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #87DBFA

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

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