#87AEEE#87AEEE

#87AEEE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.102 H 260.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87AEEE
RGB	rgb(135, 174, 238)
HSL	hsl(217, 75%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(217, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 26.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.59, 3.19, -36.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.59, 36.27, 275.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.72% -0.0177 -0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(74.72% 0.102 260.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.5554, 41.5937, 86.7637)
Luminance	0.4160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87AEEE #EEC787

analogous

#87E1EE #87AEEE #9387EE

triadic

#87AEEE #EE87AE #AEEE87

tetradic

#87AEEE #EE87E1 #EEC787 #87EE93

square

#87AEEE #EE87E1 #EEC787 #87EE93

split-complementary

#87AEEE #EE9387 #E1EE87

monochromatic

#1F66DC #518AE6 #87AEEE #BDD2F6 #E4EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#87AEEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#87AEEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87AEEE

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87AEEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87AEEE	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B2F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA8ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61BCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87aeee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 174, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.102 260.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87aeee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.282,
    "s": 75.182,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74723,
    "c": 0.10237,
    "h": 260.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87AEEE

secondary

#F3E9D8

accent

#8B0ED7

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #87AEEE

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

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