#87DCEF#87DCEF

#87DCEF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.086 H 213.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87DCEF
RGB	rgb(135, 220, 239)
HSL	hsl(191, 76%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(191, 44%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 7.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.21, -20.92, -17.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.21, 27.18, 219.67°)
OKLab	oklab(84.72% -0.072 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(84.72% 0.086 213.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.1591, 62.5655, 91.0251)
Luminance	0.6257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87DCEF #EF9A87

analogous

#87EFCE #87DCEF #87A8EF

triadic

#87DCEF #EF87DC #DCEF87

tetradic

#87DCEF #CE87EF #EF9A87 #A8EF87

square

#87DCEF #CE87EF #EF9A87 #A8EF87

split-complementary

#87DCEF #EF87A8 #EFCE87

monochromatic

#1EBBDE #51CCE8 #87DCEF #BDECF6 #E4F7FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#87DCEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.51

#87DCEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87DCEF

13.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87DCEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87DCEF	1.00	1.55	13.51	13.51
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD7F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDCAEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57E4E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87dcef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 220, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.086 213.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afe7f4',
    500: '#87dcef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87dcef;
$custom-light: #afe7f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87dcef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.962,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84716,
    "c": 0.08641,
    "h": 213.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87DCEF

secondary

#CA6650

accent

#320DD9

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #87DCEF

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

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