#87DCEE#87DCEE

#87DCEE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.086 H 212.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87DCEE
RGB	rgb(135, 220, 238)
HSL	hsl(190, 75%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(190, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 7.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.18, -21.18, -16.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.18, 27.07, 218.54°)
OKLab	oklab(84.68% -0.0724 -0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(84.68% 0.086 212.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.0118, 62.5066, 90.2492)
Luminance	0.6251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87DCEE #EE9987

analogous

#87EECC #87DCEE #87A9EE

triadic

#87DCEE #EE87DC #DCEE87

tetradic

#87DCEE #CC87EE #EE9987 #A9EE87

square

#87DCEE #CC87EE #EE9987 #A9EE87

split-complementary

#87DCEE #EE87A9 #EECC87

monochromatic

#1FBBDC #51CCE6 #87DCEE #BDECF6 #E4F7FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#87DCEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.50

#87DCEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87DCEE

13.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87DCEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87DCEE	1.00	1.56	13.50	13.50
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED6EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDCAEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57E4E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87dcee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 220, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.086 212.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afe7f3',
    500: '#87dcee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87dcee;
$custom-light: #afe7f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87dcee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.485,
    "s": 75.182,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84681,
    "c": 0.08599,
    "h": 212.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87DCEE

secondary

#C96550

accent

#310ED7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #87DCEE

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

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