#87AEEC#87AEEC

#87AEEC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.100 H 259.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87AEEC
RGB	rgb(135, 174, 236)
HSL	hsl(217, 73%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(217, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.8%, 26.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.51, 2.63, -35.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.51, 35.26, 274.28°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% -0.0182 -0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.1 259.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.2632, 41.4768, 85.2248)
Luminance	0.4148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87AEEC #ECC587

analogous

#87E0EC #87AEEC #9387EC

triadic

#87AEEC #EC87AE #AEEC87

tetradic

#87AEEC #EC87E0 #ECC587 #87EC93

square

#87AEEC #EC87E0 #ECC587 #87EC93

split-complementary

#87AEEC #EC9387 #E0EC87

monochromatic

#2268D7 #528AE4 #87AEEC #BCD2F4 #E5EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#87AEEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#87AEEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87AEEC

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87AEEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87AEEC	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B2EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA8EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62BBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87aeec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 174, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.100 259.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec6f2',
    500: '#87aeec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87aeec;
$custom-light: #aec6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87aeec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.832,
    "s": 72.662,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74633,
    "c": 0.09976,
    "h": 259.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87AEEC

secondary

#F2E8D9

accent

#8911D5

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #87AEEC

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

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