#87AEEB#87AEEB

#87AEEB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.098 H 259.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87AEEB
RGB	rgb(135, 174, 235)
HSL	hsl(217, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(217, 43%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 26%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.47, 2.35, -34.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.47, 34.76, 273.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% -0.0185 -0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.098 259.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.1183, 41.4188, 84.4618)
Luminance	0.4142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87AEEB #EBC487

analogous

#87E0EB #87AEEB #9287EB

triadic

#87AEEB #EB87AE #AEEB87

tetradic

#87AEEB #EB87E0 #EBC487 #87EB92

square

#87AEEB #EB87E0 #EBC487 #87EB92

split-complementary

#87AEEB #EB9287 #E0EB87

monochromatic

#2368D4 #538BE2 #87AEEB #BBD1F4 #E5EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#87AEEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#87AEEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87AEEB

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87AEEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87AEEB	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B2EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA8EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62BBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87aeeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 174, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.098 259.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec6f1',
    500: '#87aeeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87aeeb;
$custom-light: #aec6f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87aeeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.6,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74588,
    "c": 0.09845,
    "h": 259.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87AEEB

secondary

#F2E8D9

accent

#8812D3

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F8FD

border

#CFD1D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #87AEEB

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

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