#87A4E9#87A4E9

#87A4E9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.106 H 266.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87A4E9
RGB	rgb(135, 164, 233)
HSL	hsl(222, 69%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(222, 42%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 29.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.71, 7.42, -37.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.71, 38.59, 281.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.0068 -0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.106 266.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.9705, 37.5830, 82.3285)
Luminance	0.3759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87A4E9 #E9CC87

analogous

#87D5E9 #87A4E9 #9B87E9

triadic

#87A4E9 #E987A4 #A4E987

tetradic

#87A4E9 #E987D5 #E9CC87 #87E99B

square

#87A4E9 #E987D5 #E9CC87 #87E99B

split-complementary

#87A4E9 #E99B87 #D5E987

monochromatic

#2658D0 #537DE0 #87A4E9 #BBCBF2 #E5EBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#87A4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#87A4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87A4E9

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87A4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87A4E9	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CAAEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A1E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65B2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87a4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 164, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.106 266.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aebef0',
    500: '#87a4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87a4e9;
$custom-light: #aebef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87a4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.245,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72411,
    "c": 0.10611,
    "h": 266.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87A4E9

secondary

#F2EBD9

accent

#9915D1

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F5F6FD

border

#CFD0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #87A4E9

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

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