#87DEFD#87DEFD

#87DEFD is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.094 H 222.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87DEFD
RGB	rgb(135, 222, 253)
HSL	hsl(196, 97%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(196, 47%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.6%, 12.3%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.22, -18.27, -23.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.22, 29.56, 231.83°)
OKLab	oklab(85.67% -0.069 -0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(85.67% 0.094 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.8361, 64.4811, 102.5186)
Luminance	0.6449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87DEFD #FDA687

analogous

#87FDE1 #87DEFD #87A3FD

triadic

#87DEFD #FD87DE #DEFD87

tetradic

#87DEFD #E187FD #FDA687 #A3FD87

square

#87DEFD #E187FD #FDA687 #A3FD87

split-complementary

#87DEFD #FD87A3 #FDE187

monochromatic

#0FBDFB #4BCDFC #87DEFD #C3EFFE #E1F7FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#87DEFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.90

#87DEFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87DEFD

13.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87DEFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87DEFD	1.00	1.51	13.90	13.90
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCDAFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BACCFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4CE8E8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87defd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 222, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.094 222.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0e8fe',
    500: '#87defd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87defd;
$custom-light: #b0e8fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87defd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.763,
    "s": 96.721,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85665,
    "c": 0.0943,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87DEFD

secondary

#DC724C

accent

#3C00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFF

border

#D1D5D7

text

#111617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #87DEFD

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

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