#87A5EF#87A5EF

#87A5EF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.113 H 266.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87A5EF
RGB	rgb(135, 165, 239)
HSL	hsl(223, 76%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(223, 44%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 31%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.23, 8.54, -40.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.23, 41.23, 281.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% -0.0064 -0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.113 266.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.0219, 38.2910, 86.9794)
Luminance	0.3829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87A5EF #EFD187

analogous

#87D9EF #87A5EF #9D87EF

triadic

#87A5EF #EF87A5 #A5EF87

tetradic

#87A5EF #EF87D9 #EFD187 #87EF9D

square

#87A5EF #EF87D9 #EFD187 #87EF9D

split-complementary

#87A5EF #EF9D87 #D9EF87

monochromatic

#1E55DE #517CE8 #87A5EF #BDCDF6 #E4EBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#87A5EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#87A5EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87A5EF

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87A5EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87A5EF	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AABF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80A2ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62B4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87a5ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 165, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.113 266.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aebff4',
    500: '#87a5ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87a5ef;
$custom-light: #aebff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87a5ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.692,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72901,
    "c": 0.11319,
    "h": 266.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87A5EF

secondary

#F3EBD8

accent

#9E0DD9

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #87A5EF

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

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