#87AAE0#87AAE0

#87AAE0 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.088 H 258.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#87AAE0
RGBrgb(135, 170, 224)
HSLhsl(216, 59%, 70%)
HSVhsv(216, 40%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(39.7%, 24.1%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LABlab(68.95, 1.57, -31.01)
CIE-LCHlch(68.95, 31.05, 272.90°)
OKLaboklab(73.26% -0.0169 -0.0862)
OKLCHoklch(73.26% 0.088 258.9)
XYZxyz(37.8167, 39.2801, 76.0957)
Luminance0.3928 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#87AAE0 #E0BD87
analogous
#87D7E0 #87AAE0 #9087E0
triadic
#87AAE0 #E087AA #AAE087
tetradic
#87AAE0 #E087D7 #E0BD87 #87E090
square
#87AAE0 #E087D7 #E0BD87 #87E090
split-complementary
#87AAE0 #E09087 #D7E087
monochromatic
#3167BC #5688D3 #87AAE0 #B8CCED #E7EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37
#87AAE0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86
#87AAE0 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87AAE0
8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##87AAE0#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##87AAE01.002.378.868.86
#FFFFFF2.371.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8621.001.001.00
##0000008.8621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#97ADE2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8DA4DF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#69B6BC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #87aae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 170, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.088 258.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc3ea',
    500: '#87aae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #87aae0;
$custom-light: #adc3ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#87aae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.404,
    "s": 58.94,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73259,
    "c": 0.08784,
    "h": 258.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#87AAE0
secondary
#EEE4D5
accent
#851FC7
background
#FAFBFE
surface
#F4F7FD
border
#CED0D5
text
#101216
muted
#7F8184

Preview Lab

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#87AAE0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva