#87ABE6#87ABE6

#87ABE6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.095 H 260.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87ABE6
RGB	rgb(135, 171, 230)
HSL	hsl(217, 66%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(217, 41%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 25.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, 2.65, -33.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 33.62, 274.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.73% -0.0163 -0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(73.73% 0.095 260.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.8330, 39.9877, 80.5198)
Luminance	0.3999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87ABE6 #E6C287

analogous

#87DBE6 #87ABE6 #9387E6

triadic

#87ABE6 #E687AB #ABE687

tetradic

#87ABE6 #E687DB #E6C287 #87E693

square

#87ABE6 #E687DB #E6C287 #87E693

split-complementary

#87ABE6 #E69387 #DBE687

monochromatic

#2A66C9 #5488DB #87ABE6 #BACEF1 #E6EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#87ABE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#87ABE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87ABE6

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87ABE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87ABE6	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AFE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA6E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65B8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87abe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 171, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.095 260.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc3ee',
    500: '#87abe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87abe6;
$custom-light: #adc3ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87abe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.263,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73734,
    "c": 0.09476,
    "h": 260.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87ABE6

secondary

#F1E7D8

accent

#8918CD

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F8FD

border

#CFD1D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #87ABE6

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

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