#87AEED#87AEED

#87AEED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.101 H 259.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87AEED
RGB	rgb(135, 174, 237)
HSL	hsl(217, 74%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(217, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 26.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.55, 2.91, -35.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.55, 35.76, 274.67°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% -0.0179 -0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.101 259.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.4088, 41.5351, 85.9921)
Luminance	0.4154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#87AEED #EDC687

analogous

#87E1ED #87AEED #9387ED

triadic

#87AEED #ED87AE #AEED87

tetradic

#87AEED #ED87E1 #EDC687 #87ED93

square

#87AEED #ED87E1 #EDC687 #87ED93

split-complementary

#87AEED #ED9387 #E1ED87

monochromatic

#2167D9 #528AE5 #87AEED #BCD2F5 #E4EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#87AEED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#87AEED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87AEED

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87AEED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87AEED	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B2F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA8EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61BCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87aeed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 174, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.101 259.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec6f3',
    500: '#87aeed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87aeed;
$custom-light: #aec6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87aeed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.059,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74678,
    "c": 0.10107,
    "h": 259.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87AEED

secondary

#F3E9D8

accent

#8A0FD6

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #87AEED

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

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