#87AADE#87AADE

#87AADE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.085 H 258.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87AADE
RGB	rgb(135, 170, 222)
HSL	hsl(216, 57%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(216, 39%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 23.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, 1.03, -30.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 30.05, 271.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.17% -0.0175 -0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(73.17% 0.085 258.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.5471, 39.1723, 74.6757)
Luminance	0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87AADE #DEBB87

analogous

#87D6DE #87AADE #8F87DE

triadic

#87AADE #DE87AA #AADE87

tetradic

#87AADE #DE87D6 #DEBB87 #87DE8F

square

#87AADE #DE87D6 #DEBB87 #87DE8F

split-complementary

#87AADE #DE8F87 #D6DE87

monochromatic

#3368B8 #5788D1 #87AADE #B7CCEB #E7EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#87AADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#87AADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87AADE

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87AADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87AADE	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97ADE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA4DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6AB5BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87aade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 170, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.085 258.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc3e8',
    500: '#87aade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87aade;
$custom-light: #adc3e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87aade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.862,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73172,
    "c": 0.08523,
    "h": 258.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87AADE

secondary

#EDE3D4

accent

#8321C4

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FC

border

#CED0D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #87AADE

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

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