#87AEEF#87AEEF

#87AEEF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.104 H 260.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87AEEF
RGB	rgb(135, 174, 239)
HSL	hsl(218, 76%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(218, 44%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 27.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, 3.47, -36.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 36.77, 275.41°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% -0.0174 -0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.104 260.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.7027, 41.6526, 87.5396)
Luminance	0.4165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87AEEF #EFC887

analogous

#87E2EF #87AEEF #9487EF

triadic

#87AEEF #EF87AE #AEEF87

tetradic

#87AEEF #EF87E2 #EFC887 #87EF94

square

#87AEEF #EF87E2 #EFC887 #87EF94

split-complementary

#87AEEF #EF9487 #E2EF87

monochromatic

#1E66DE #518AE8 #87AEEF #BDD2F6 #E4EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#87AEEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#87AEEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87AEEF

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87AEEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87AEEF	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B2F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA8EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60BCC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87aeef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 174, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.104 260.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec6f4',
    500: '#87aeef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87aeef;
$custom-light: #aec6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87aeef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.5,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74768,
    "c": 0.1037,
    "h": 260.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87AEEF

secondary

#F3E9D8

accent

#8C0DD9

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #87AEEF

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

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