#87AEFF#87AEFF

#87AEFF is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.125 H 264.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87AEFF
RGB	rgb(135, 174, 255)
HSL	hsl(221, 100%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(221, 47%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 31.8%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.31, 8.01, -44.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.31, 44.94, 280.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% -0.013 -0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.125 264)
XYZ	xyz(43.1718, 42.6402, 100.5438)
Luminance	0.4264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87AEFF #FFD887

analogous

#87EAFF #87AEFF #9C87FF

triadic

#87AEFF #FF87AE #AEFF87

tetradic

#87AEFF #FF87EA #FFD887 #87FF9C

square

#87AEFF #FF87EA #FFD887 #87FF9C

split-complementary

#87AEFF #FF9C87 #EAFF87

monochromatic

#0D5BFF #4A85FF #87AEFF #C4D7FF #E0EAFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#87AEFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#87AEFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87AEFF

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87AEFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87AEFF	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90B5FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83AAFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56BFCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87aeff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 174, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.125 264.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc5ff',
    500: '#87aeff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87aeff;
$custom-light: #afc5ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87aeff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.5,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75522,
    "c": 0.1249,
    "h": 264
  },
  "luminance": 0.42643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87AEFF

secondary

#F7ECD4

accent

#9B00E6

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F6F8FF

border

#D0D1D7

text

#111218

muted

#808186

Preview Lab

Preview with #87AEFF

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

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