#87AEF6#87AEF6

#87AEF6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.113 H 262.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87AEF6
RGB	rgb(135, 174, 246)
HSL	hsl(219, 86%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(219, 45%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 29.3%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.92, 5.44, -39.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.92, 40.32, 277.75°)
OKLab	oklab(75.09% -0.0154 -0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(75.09% 0.113 262.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.7569, 42.0743, 93.0917)
Luminance	0.4208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87AEF6 #F6CF87

analogous

#87E6F6 #87AEF6 #9887F6

triadic

#87AEF6 #F687AE #AEF687

tetradic

#87AEF6 #F687E6 #F6CF87 #87F698

square

#87AEF6 #F687E6 #F6CF87 #87F698

split-complementary

#87AEF6 #F69887 #E6F687

monochromatic

#1561ED #4E88F2 #87AEF6 #C0D4FA #E3ECFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#87AEF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#87AEF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87AEF6

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87AEF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87AEF6	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93B3F9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A9F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CBDC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87aef6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 174, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.113 262.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc5f9',
    500: '#87aef6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87aef6;
$custom-light: #afc5f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87aef6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.919,
    "s": 86.047,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75092,
    "c": 0.11293,
    "h": 262.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87AEF6

secondary

#F5EAD6

accent

#9403E3

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F6F8FF

border

#D0D1D7

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #87AEF6

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

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