#87AEFA#87AEFA

#87AEFA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.118 H 263.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87AEFA
RGB	rgb(135, 174, 250)
HSL	hsl(220, 92%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(220, 46%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 30.4%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.09, 6.58, -41.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.09, 42.37, 278.93°)
OKLab	oklab(75.28% -0.0143 -0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(75.28% 0.118 263)
XYZ	xyz(42.3774, 42.3225, 96.3600)
Luminance	0.4233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87AEFA #FAD387

analogous

#87E8FA #87AEFA #9987FA

triadic

#87AEFA #FA87AE #AEFA87

tetradic

#87AEFA #FA87E8 #FAD387 #87FA99

square

#87AEFA #FA87E8 #FAD387 #87FA99

split-complementary

#87AEFA #FA9987 #E8FA87

monochromatic

#115FF5 #4C86F8 #87AEFA #C2D6FC #E2EBFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#87AEFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#87AEFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87AEFA

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87AEFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87AEFA	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92B4FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A9F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59BEC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87aefa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 174, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.118 263.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc5fc',
    500: '#87aefa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87aefa;
$custom-light: #afc5fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87aefa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.652,
    "s": 92,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75281,
    "c": 0.11824,
    "h": 263
  },
  "luminance": 0.42325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87AEFA

secondary

#F6EBD5

accent

#9800E6

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F6F8FF

border

#D0D1D7

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #87AEFA

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

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