#87ABE8#87ABE8

#87ABE8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.097 H 260.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87ABE8
RGB	rgb(135, 171, 232)
HSL	hsl(218, 68%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(218, 42%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 26.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, 3.20, -34.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 34.63, 275.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% -0.0157 -0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.097 260.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.1154, 40.1007, 82.0074)
Luminance	0.4010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87ABE8 #E8C487

analogous

#87DCE8 #87ABE8 #9487E8

triadic

#87ABE8 #E887AB #ABE887

tetradic

#87ABE8 #E887DC #E8C487 #87E894

square

#87ABE8 #E887DC #E8C487 #87E894

split-complementary

#87ABE8 #E89487 #DCE887

monochromatic

#2765CD #5487DE #87ABE8 #BACFF2 #E5EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#87ABE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#87ABE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87ABE8

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87ABE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87ABE8	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95AFEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA6E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64B8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87abe8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 171, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.097 260.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc3ef',
    500: '#87abe8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87abe8;
$custom-light: #adc3ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87abe8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.732,
    "s": 67.832,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73823,
    "c": 0.0974,
    "h": 260.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87ABE8

secondary

#F2E9D9

accent

#8B16D0

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F5F7FD

border

#CFD0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #87ABE8

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

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