#87A5EE#87A5EE

#87A5EE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.112 H 266.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87A5EE
RGB	rgb(135, 165, 238)
HSL	hsl(223, 75%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(223, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 30.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, 8.25, -39.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 40.71, 281.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.0067 -0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.112 266.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.8745, 38.2320, 86.2035)
Luminance	0.3823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87A5EE #EED087

analogous

#87D8EE #87A5EE #9C87EE

triadic

#87A5EE #EE87A5 #A5EE87

tetradic

#87A5EE #EE87D8 #EED087 #87EE9C

square

#87A5EE #EE87D8 #EED087 #87EE9C

split-complementary

#87A5EE #EE9C87 #D8EE87

monochromatic

#1F56DC #517DE6 #87A5EE #BDCDF6 #E4EBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#87A5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#87A5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87A5EE

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87A5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87A5EE	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BABF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A2EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62B4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87a5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 165, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.112 266.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aebff4',
    500: '#87a5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87a5ee;
$custom-light: #aebff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87a5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.524,
    "s": 75.182,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72854,
    "c": 0.11183,
    "h": 266.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87A5EE

secondary

#F3EBD8

accent

#9D0ED7

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #87A5EE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →