#87ABE3#87ABE3

#87ABE3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.091 H 259.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87ABE3
RGB	rgb(135, 171, 227)
HSL	hsl(217, 62%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(217, 41%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 24.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, 1.83, -32.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 32.11, 273.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% -0.0173 -0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.091 259.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.4153, 39.8207, 78.3201)
Luminance	0.3982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87ABE3 #E3BF87

analogous

#87D9E3 #87ABE3 #9187E3

triadic

#87ABE3 #E387AB #ABE387

tetradic

#87ABE3 #E387D9 #E3BF87 #87E391

square

#87ABE3 #E387D9 #E3BF87 #87E391

split-complementary

#87ABE3 #E39187 #D9E387

monochromatic

#2D68C2 #5588D7 #87ABE3 #B9CEEF #E6EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#87ABE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#87ABE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87ABE3

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87ABE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87ABE3	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AEE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA5E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67B7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87abe3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 171, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.091 259.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc3ec',
    500: '#87abe3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87abe3;
$custom-light: #adc3ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87abe3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.522,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73601,
    "c": 0.09082,
    "h": 259.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87ABE3

secondary

#EFE6D7

accent

#861CCA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F8FD

border

#CFD1D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #87ABE3

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

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