#87AFEB#87AFEB

#87AFEB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.098 H 258.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87AFEB
RGB	rgb(135, 175, 235)
HSL	hsl(216, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(216, 43%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 25.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, 1.80, -34.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 34.31, 273.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% -0.0198 -0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.098 258.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.3122, 41.8066, 84.5265)
Luminance	0.4181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87AFEB #EBC387

analogous

#87E1EB #87AFEB #9187EB

triadic

#87AFEB #EB87AF #AFEB87

tetradic

#87AFEB #EB87E1 #EBC387 #87EB91

square

#87AFEB #EB87E1 #EBC387 #87EB91

split-complementary

#87AFEB #EB9187 #E1EB87

monochromatic

#236AD4 #538CE2 #87AFEB #BBD2F4 #E5EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#87AFEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#87AFEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87AFEB

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87AFEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87AFEB	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B2EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA9EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62BCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87afeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 175, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.098 258.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec6f1',
    500: '#87afeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87afeb;
$custom-light: #aec6f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87afeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74798,
    "c": 0.09752,
    "h": 258.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87AFEB

secondary

#F2E8D9

accent

#8612D3

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F8FD

border

#CFD1D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #87AFEB

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

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