#87DCF9#87DCF9

#87DCF9 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.092 H 221.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87DCF9
RGB	rgb(135, 220, 249)
HSL	hsl(195, 90%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(195, 46%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 11.6%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.53, -18.32, -22.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.53, 28.75, 230.43°)
OKLab	oklab(85.08% -0.0682 -0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(85.08% 0.092 221.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.6775, 63.1728, 99.0218)
Luminance	0.6318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87DCF9 #F9A487

analogous

#87F9DD #87DCF9 #87A3F9

triadic

#87DCF9 #F987DC #DCF987

tetradic

#87DCF9 #DD87F9 #F9A487 #A3F987

square

#87DCF9 #DD87F9 #F9A487 #A3F987

split-complementary

#87DCF9 #F987A3 #F9DD87

monochromatic

#12BAF3 #4DCBF6 #87DCF9 #C1EDFC #E2F7FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#87DCF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.64

#87DCF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87DCF9

13.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87DCF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87DCF9	1.00	1.54	13.64	13.64
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD8FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BACBF9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50E5E5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87dcf9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 220, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.092 221.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0e7fb',
    500: '#87dcf9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87dcf9;
$custom-light: #b0e7fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87dcf9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.263,
    "s": 90.476,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85077,
    "c": 0.09167,
    "h": 221.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87DCF9

secondary

#D7704D

accent

#3A00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFF

border

#D1D5D7

text

#111617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #87DCF9

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

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