#87ADE3#87ADE3

#87ADE3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.089 H 257.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87ADE3
RGB	rgb(135, 173, 227)
HSL	hsl(215, 62%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(215, 41%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 23.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.88, 0.72, -31.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.88, 31.23, 271.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% -0.0197 -0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.089 257.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.7959, 40.5819, 78.4470)
Luminance	0.4058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87ADE3 #E3BD87

analogous

#87DBE3 #87ADE3 #8F87E3

triadic

#87ADE3 #E387AD #ADE387

tetradic

#87ADE3 #E387DB #E3BD87 #87E38F

square

#87ADE3 #E387DB #E3BD87 #87E38F

split-complementary

#87ADE3 #E38F87 #DBE387

monochromatic

#2D6BC2 #558BD7 #87ADE3 #B9CFEF #E6EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#87ADE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#87ADE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87ADE3

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87ADE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87ADE3	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B0E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA7E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67B9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87ade3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 173, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.089 257.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc5ec',
    500: '#87ade3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87ade3;
$custom-light: #adc5ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87ade3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.217,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74024,
    "c": 0.089,
    "h": 257.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87ADE3

secondary

#EFE5D7

accent

#821CCA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F8FD

border

#CFD1D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #87ADE3

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

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