#87ABE2#87ABE2

#87ABE2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.090 H 258.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87ABE2
RGB	rgb(135, 171, 226)
HSL	hsl(216, 61%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(216, 40%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 24.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, 1.56, -31.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 31.61, 272.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% -0.0176 -0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.09 258.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.2777, 39.7656, 77.5954)
Luminance	0.3977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87ABE2 #E2BE87

analogous

#87D8E2 #87ABE2 #9087E2

triadic

#87ABE2 #E287AB #ABE287

tetradic

#87ABE2 #E287D8 #E2BE87 #87E290

square

#87ABE2 #E287D8 #E2BE87 #87E290

split-complementary

#87ABE2 #E29087 #D8E287

monochromatic

#2E68C0 #5688D6 #87ABE2 #B8CEEE #E6EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#87ABE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#87ABE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87ABE2

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87ABE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87ABE2	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AEE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA5E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67B7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87abe2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 171, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.090 258.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc3eb',
    500: '#87abe2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87abe2;
$custom-light: #adc3eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87abe2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.264,
    "s": 61.074,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73557,
    "c": 0.08952,
    "h": 258.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87ABE2

secondary

#EFE5D6

accent

#851DC9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F8FD

border

#CFD1D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #87ABE2

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

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