#87A5EA#87A5EA

#87A5EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.106 H 265.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87A5EA
RGB	rgb(135, 165, 234)
HSL	hsl(222, 70%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(222, 42%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 29.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, 7.13, -37.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 38.61, 280.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% -0.0077 -0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.106 265.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.2934, 37.9996, 83.1428)
Luminance	0.3800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87A5EA #EACC87

analogous

#87D7EA #87A5EA #9A87EA

triadic

#87A5EA #EA87A5 #A5EA87

tetradic

#87A5EA #EA87D7 #EACC87 #87EA9A

square

#87A5EA #EA87D7 #EACC87 #87EA9A

split-complementary

#87A5EA #EA9A87 #D7EA87

monochromatic

#2559D2 #537EE1 #87A5EA #BBCCF3 #E5EBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#87A5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#87A5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87A5EA

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87A5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87A5EA	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DABED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A2E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64B3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87a5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 165, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.106 265.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aebff1',
    500: '#87a5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87a5ea;
$custom-light: #aebff1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87a5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.818,
    "s": 70.213,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72664,
    "c": 0.10636,
    "h": 265.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87A5EA

secondary

#F2EAD9

accent

#9813D2

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F5F7FD

border

#CFD0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #87A5EA

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

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