#87DEFE#87DEFE

#87DEFE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.095 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87DEFE
RGB	rgb(135, 222, 254)
HSL	hsl(196, 98%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(196, 47%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 12.6%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.25, -18.00, -23.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.25, 29.77, 232.80°)
OKLab	oklab(85.7% -0.0687 -0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(85.7% 0.095 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.9958, 64.5450, 103.3598)
Luminance	0.6455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87DEFE #FEA787

analogous

#87FEE2 #87DEFE #87A3FE

triadic

#87DEFE #FE87DE #DEFE87

tetradic

#87DEFE #E287FE #FEA787 #A3FE87

square

#87DEFE #E287FE #FEA787 #A3FE87

split-complementary

#87DEFE #FE87A3 #FEE287

monochromatic

#0EBDFD #4ACDFD #87DEFE #C4EFFF #E1F7FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#87DEFE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.91

#87DEFE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87DEFE

13.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87DEFE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87DEFE	1.00	1.51	13.91	13.91
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCDAFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BACCFE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4BE8E8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87defe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 222, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.095 223.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87defe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.134,
    "s": 98.347,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85702,
    "c": 0.09496,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87DEFE

secondary

#DE734B

accent

#3E00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFF

border

#D1D5D7

text

#111617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #87DEFE

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

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