#87ADE4#87ADE4

#87ADE4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.090 H 257.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87ADE4
RGB	rgb(135, 173, 228)
HSL	hsl(215, 63%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(215, 41%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.8%, 24.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, 0.99, -31.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 31.72, 271.78°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% -0.0194 -0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.09 257.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.9344, 40.6373, 79.1760)
Luminance	0.4064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87ADE4 #E4BE87

analogous

#87DBE4 #87ADE4 #8F87E4

triadic

#87ADE4 #E487AD #ADE487

tetradic

#87ADE4 #E487DB #E4BE87 #87E48F

square

#87ADE4 #E487DB #E4BE87 #87E48F

split-complementary

#87ADE4 #E48F87 #DBE487

monochromatic

#2C6AC4 #558BD9 #87ADE4 #B9CFEF #E6EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#87ADE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#87ADE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87ADE4

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87ADE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87ADE4	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B0E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA7E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66B9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87ade4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 173, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.090 257.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc5ec',
    500: '#87ade4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87ade4;
$custom-light: #adc5ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87ade4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.484,
    "s": 63.265,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74068,
    "c": 0.0903,
    "h": 257.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87ADE4

secondary

#F0E6D7

accent

#831ACB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F8FD

border

#CFD1D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #87ADE4

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

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