#87ADEE#87ADEE

#87ADEE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.103 H 260.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87ADEE
RGB	rgb(135, 173, 238)
HSL	hsl(218, 75%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(218, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 27.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, 3.75, -36.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 36.73, 275.85°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% -0.0164 -0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.103 260.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.3629, 41.2087, 86.6996)
Luminance	0.4121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87ADEE #EEC887

analogous

#87E0EE #87ADEE #9487EE

triadic

#87ADEE #EE87AD #ADEE87

tetradic

#87ADEE #EE87E0 #EEC887 #87EE94

square

#87ADEE #EE87E0 #EEC887 #87EE94

split-complementary

#87ADEE #EE9487 #E0EE87

monochromatic

#1F65DC #5188E6 #87ADEE #BDD2F6 #E4EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#87ADEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#87ADEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87ADEE

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87ADEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87ADEE	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95B1F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA8ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61BBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87adee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 173, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.103 260.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec5f3',
    500: '#87adee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87adee;
$custom-light: #aec5f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87adee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.864,
    "s": 75.182,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74514,
    "c": 0.10336,
    "h": 260.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87ADEE

secondary

#F3E9D8

accent

#8D0ED7

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #87ADEE

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

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