#87A8EA#87A8EA

#87A8EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.103 H 263.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87A8EA
RGB	rgb(135, 168, 234)
HSL	hsl(220, 70%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(220, 42%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 28.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, 5.44, -36.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 37.10, 278.43°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% -0.0114 -0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.103 263.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.8409, 39.0945, 83.3253)
Luminance	0.3910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87A8EA #EAC987

analogous

#87DAEA #87A8EA #9887EA

triadic

#87A8EA #EA87A8 #A8EA87

tetradic

#87A8EA #EA87DA #EAC987 #87EA98

square

#87A8EA #EA87DA #EAC987 #87EA98

split-complementary

#87A8EA #EA9887 #DAEA87

monochromatic

#255ED2 #5382E1 #87A8EA #BBCEF3 #E5ECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#87A8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#87A8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87A8EA

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87A8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87A8EA	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90ADED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A4E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64B6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87a8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 168, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.103 263.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec1f1',
    500: '#87a8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87a8ea;
$custom-light: #aec1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87a8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 70.213,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73287,
    "c": 0.10313,
    "h": 263.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87A8EA

secondary

#F2EAD9

accent

#9313D2

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F5F7FD

border

#CFD0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #87A8EA

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

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