#87ACE2#87ACE2

#87ACE2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.089 H 257.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87ACE2
RGB	rgb(135, 172, 226)
HSL	hsl(216, 61%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(216, 40%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 23.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, 1.00, -31.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 31.17, 271.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% -0.0188 -0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.089 257.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.4673, 40.1448, 77.6586)
Luminance	0.4015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87ACE2 #E2BD87

analogous

#87DAE2 #87ACE2 #8F87E2

triadic

#87ACE2 #E287AC #ACE287

tetradic

#87ACE2 #E287DA #E2BD87 #87E28F

square

#87ACE2 #E287DA #E2BD87 #87E28F

split-complementary

#87ACE2 #E28F87 #DAE287

monochromatic

#2E6AC0 #568AD6 #87ACE2 #B8CEEE #E6EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#87ACE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#87ACE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87ACE2

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87ACE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87ACE2	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AFE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA6E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67B8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87ace2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 172, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.089 257.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc4eb',
    500: '#87ace2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87ace2;
$custom-light: #adc4eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87ace2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.604,
    "s": 61.074,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73769,
    "c": 0.08861,
    "h": 257.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87ACE2

secondary

#EFE5D6

accent

#831DC9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F8FD

border

#CFD1D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #87ACE2

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

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