#87DCFF#87DCFF

#87DCFF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.096 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87DCFF
RGB	rgb(135, 220, 255)
HSL	hsl(198, 100%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(198, 47%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 13.7%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.73, -16.72, -25.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.73, 30.10, 236.26°)
OKLab	oklab(85.3% -0.0661 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(85.3% 0.096 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.6283, 63.5531, 104.0293)
Luminance	0.6356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87DCFF #FFAA87

analogous

#87FFE6 #87DCFF #87A0FF

triadic

#87DCFF #FF87DC #DCFF87

tetradic

#87DCFF #E687FF #FFAA87 #A0FF87

square

#87DCFF #E687FF #FFAA87 #A0FF87

split-complementary

#87DCFF #FF87A0 #FFE687

monochromatic

#0DB8FF #4ACAFF #87DCFF #C4EEFF #E0F6FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#87DCFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.71

#87DCFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87DCFF

13.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87DCFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87DCFF	1.00	1.53	13.71	13.71
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D8FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8CBFF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4BE6E7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87dcff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 220, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.096 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0e7ff',
    500: '#87dcff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87dcff;
$custom-light: #b0e7ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87dcff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.5,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85302,
    "c": 0.09572,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87DCFF

secondary

#DF764B

accent

#4300E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFF

border

#D1D5D7

text

#111618

muted

#818486

Preview Lab

Preview with #87DCFF

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

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