#87DCFB#87DCFB

#87DCFB is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.093 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87DCFB
RGB	rgb(135, 220, 251)
HSL	hsl(196, 94%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(196, 46%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 12.4%, 0%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.60, -17.79, -23.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.60, 29.17, 232.43°)
OKLab	oklab(85.15% -0.0675 -0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(85.15% 0.093 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.9911, 63.2983, 100.6734)
Luminance	0.6330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87DCFB #FBA687

analogous

#87FBE0 #87DCFB #87A2FB

triadic

#87DCFB #FB87DC #DCFB87

tetradic

#87DCFB #E087FB #FBA687 #A2FB87

square

#87DCFB #E087FB #FBA687 #A2FB87

split-complementary

#87DCFB #FB87A2 #FBE087

monochromatic

#11B9F7 #4CCBF9 #87DCFB #C2EDFD #E1F6FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#87DCFB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.66

#87DCFB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87DCFB

13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87DCFB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87DCFB	1.00	1.54	13.66	13.66
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD8FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9CBFB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4EE6E6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87dcfb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 220, 251);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.093 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0e7fc',
    500: '#87dcfb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87dcfb;
$custom-light: #b0e7fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87dcfb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 251
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.034,
    "s": 93.548,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85152,
    "c": 0.09295,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87DCFB

secondary

#DA724C

accent

#3D00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFF

border

#D1D5D7

text

#111617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #87DCFB

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

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