#87ABE7#87ABE7

#87ABE7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.096 H 260.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87ABE7
RGB	rgb(135, 171, 231)
HSL	hsl(218, 67%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(218, 42%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 26%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.50, 2.92, -34.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.50, 34.12, 274.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.78% -0.016 -0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(73.78% 0.096 260.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.9738, 40.0441, 81.2615)
Luminance	0.4005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87ABE7 #E7C387

analogous

#87DBE7 #87ABE7 #9387E7

triadic

#87ABE7 #E787AB #ABE787

tetradic

#87ABE7 #E787DB #E7C387 #87E793

square

#87ABE7 #E787DB #E7C387 #87E793

split-complementary

#87ABE7 #E79387 #DBE787

monochromatic

#2966CB #5487DD #87ABE7 #BACFF1 #E5EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#87ABE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#87ABE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87ABE7

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87ABE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87ABE7	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95AFEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA6E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65B8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87abe7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 171, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.096 260.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc3ef',
    500: '#87abe7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87abe7;
$custom-light: #adc3ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87abe7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.5,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73778,
    "c": 0.09608,
    "h": 260.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87ABE7

secondary

#F1E8D9

accent

#8A17CF

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F5F7FD

border

#CFD0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #87ABE7

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

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