#87ACED#87ACED

#87ACED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.103 H 261.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87ACED
RGB	rgb(135, 172, 237)
HSL	hsl(218, 74%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(218, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 27.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, 4.03, -36.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 36.70, 276.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.26% -0.0155 -0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(74.26% 0.103 261.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.0253, 40.7680, 85.8643)
Luminance	0.4077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#87ACED #EDC887

analogous

#87DFED #87ACED #9587ED

triadic

#87ACED #ED87AC #ACED87

tetradic

#87ACED #ED87DF #EDC887 #87ED95

square

#87ACED #ED87DF #EDC887 #87ED95

split-complementary

#87ACED #ED9587 #DFED87

monochromatic

#2163D9 #5287E5 #87ACED #BCD1F5 #E4EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#87ACED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#87ACED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87ACED

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87ACED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87ACED	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94B0F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A7EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62BAC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87aced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 172, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.103 261.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec4f3',
    500: '#87aced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87aced;
$custom-light: #aec4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87aced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.235,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74259,
    "c": 0.10303,
    "h": 261.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87ACED

secondary

#F3E9D8

accent

#8E0FD6

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #87ACED

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

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