#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
RGB	rgb(135, 170, 224)
HSL	hsl(216, 59%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(216, 40%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 24.1%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, 1.57, -31.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 31.05, 272.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% -0.0169 -0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.088 258.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.8167, 39.2801, 76.0957)
Luminance	0.3928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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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
##87AAE0	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #87AAE0

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

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