#87DDFD#87DDFD

#87DDFD is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.094 H 223.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87DDFD
RGB	rgb(135, 221, 253)
HSL	hsl(196, 97%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(196, 47%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.6%, 12.6%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.94, -17.76, -23.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.94, 29.58, 233.10°)
OKLab	oklab(85.45% -0.0679 -0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(85.45% 0.094 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.5712, 63.9515, 102.4303)
Luminance	0.6396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87DDFD #FDA787

analogous

#87FDE2 #87DDFD #87A2FD

triadic

#87DDFD #FD87DD #DDFD87

tetradic

#87DDFD #E287FD #FDA787 #A2FD87

square

#87DDFD #E287FD #FDA787 #A2FD87

split-complementary

#87DDFD #FD87A2 #FDE287

monochromatic

#0FBBFB #4BCCFC #87DDFD #C3EEFE #E1F6FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#87DDFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.79

#87DDFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87DDFD

13.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87DDFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87DDFD	1.00	1.52	13.79	13.79
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD9FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9CCFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4CE7E7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87ddfd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 221, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.094 223.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0e7fe',
    500: '#87ddfd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87ddfd;
$custom-light: #b0e7fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87ddfd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.271,
    "s": 96.721,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85446,
    "c": 0.09429,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87DDFD

secondary

#DC734C

accent

#3E00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFF

border

#D1D5D7

text

#111617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #87DDFD

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

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