#87A5FA#87A5FA

#87A5FA is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.128 H 268.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87A5FA
RGB	rgb(135, 165, 250)
HSL	hsl(224, 92%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(224, 46%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 34%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, 11.67, -45.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 47.04, 284.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% -0.0036 -0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.128 268.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.6966, 38.9609, 95.7997)
Luminance	0.3896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87A5FA #FADC87

analogous

#87DEFA #87A5FA #A287FA

triadic

#87A5FA #FA87A5 #A5FA87

tetradic

#87A5FA #FA87DE #FADC87 #87FAA2

square

#87A5FA #FA87DE #FADC87 #87FAA2

split-complementary

#87A5FA #FAA287 #DEFA87

monochromatic

#114DF5 #4C79F8 #87A5FA #C2D1FC #E2E9FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#87A5FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#87A5FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87A5FA

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87A5FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87A5FA	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86ADFD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7AA3F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BB7C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87a5fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 165, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.128 268.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbffc',
    500: '#87a5fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87a5fa;
$custom-light: #afbffc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87a5fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.348,
    "s": 92,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73441,
    "c": 0.12822,
    "h": 268.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87A5FA

secondary

#F6EDD5

accent

#AA00E6

background

#FBFBFF

surface

#F6F7FF

border

#D0D0D7

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #87A5FA

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

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