#87E5FA#87E5FA

#87E5FA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.094 H 213.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87E5FA
RGB	rgb(135, 229, 250)
HSL	hsl(191, 92%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(191, 46%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 8.4%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.05, -22.56, -18.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.05, 29.42, 219.93°)
OKLab	oklab(87.1% -0.0781 -0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(87.1% 0.094 213.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.2598, 68.0873, 100.6541)
Luminance	0.6809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87E5FA #FA9C87

analogous

#87FAD6 #87E5FA #87ABFA

triadic

#87E5FA #FA87E5 #E5FA87

tetradic

#87E5FA #D687FA #FA9C87 #ABFA87

square

#87E5FA #D687FA #FA9C87 #ABFA87

split-complementary

#87E5FA #FA87AB #FAD687

monochromatic

#11CCF5 #4CD8F8 #87E5FA #C2F2FC #E2F9FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#87E5FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.62

#87E5FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87E5FA

14.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87E5FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87E5FA	1.00	1.44	14.62	14.62
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5DFFB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3D1FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4CEEEB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87e5fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 229, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.094 213.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0edfc',
    500: '#87e5fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87e5fa;
$custom-light: #b0edfc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87e5fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.957,
    "s": 92,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87096,
    "c": 0.09383,
    "h": 213.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87E5FA

secondary

#D8664D

accent

#2A00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FDFF

border

#D1D5D7

text

#111617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #87E5FA

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

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