#87AAFA#87AAFA

#87AAFA is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.123 H 265.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87AAFA
RGB	rgb(135, 170, 250)
HSL	hsl(222, 92%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(222, 46%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 32%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, 8.83, -43.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 44.40, 281.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% -0.0096 -0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.123 265.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.6161, 40.7999, 96.1062)
Luminance	0.4080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87AAFA #FAD787

analogous

#87E4FA #87AAFA #9D87FA

triadic

#87AAFA #FA87AA #AAFA87

tetradic

#87AAFA #FA87E4 #FAD787 #87FA9D

square

#87AAFA #FA87E4 #FAD787 #87FA9D

split-complementary

#87AAFA #FA9D87 #E4FA87

monochromatic

#1157F5 #4C80F8 #87AAFA #C2D4FC #E2EAFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#87AAFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#87AAFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87AAFA

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87AAFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87AAFA	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CB1FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80A6F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5ABBC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87aafa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 170, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.123 265.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc3fc',
    500: '#87aafa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87aafa;
$custom-light: #afc3fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87aafa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.739,
    "s": 92,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74459,
    "c": 0.12255,
    "h": 265.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87AAFA

secondary

#F6ECD5

accent

#A000E6

background

#FBFBFF

surface

#F6F7FF

border

#D0D0D7

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #87AAFA

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

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