#87DDEF#87DDEF

#87DDEF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.087 H 212.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87DDEF
RGB	rgb(135, 221, 239)
HSL	hsl(190, 76%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(190, 44%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 7.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.49, -21.42, -16.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.49, 27.30, 218.32°)
OKLab	oklab(84.94% -0.0732 -0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(84.94% 0.087 212.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.4224, 63.0919, 91.1128)
Luminance	0.6310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87DDEF #EF9987

analogous

#87EFCD #87DDEF #87A9EF

triadic

#87DDEF #EF87DD #DDEF87

tetradic

#87DDEF #CD87EF #EF9987 #A9EF87

square

#87DDEF #CD87EF #EF9987 #A9EF87

split-complementary

#87DDEF #EF87A9 #EFCD87

monochromatic

#1EBDDE #51CEE8 #87DDEF #BDECF6 #E4F7FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#87DDEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.62

#87DDEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87DDEF

13.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87DDEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87DDEF	1.00	1.54	13.62	13.62
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD7F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BECBEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57E5E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87ddef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 221, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.087 212.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87ddef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.385,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84938,
    "c": 0.08675,
    "h": 212.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87DDEF

secondary

#CA6550

accent

#300DD9

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #87DDEF

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

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