#87AFEE#87AFEE

#87AFEE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.101 H 259.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87AFEE
RGB	rgb(135, 175, 238)
HSL	hsl(217, 75%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(217, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 26.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, 2.63, -35.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 35.81, 274.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.93% -0.0189 -0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(74.93% 0.101 259.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.7493, 41.9815, 86.8284)
Luminance	0.4198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87AFEE #EEC687

analogous

#87E2EE #87AFEE #9287EE

triadic

#87AFEE #EE87AF #AFEE87

tetradic

#87AFEE #EE87E2 #EEC687 #87EE92

square

#87AFEE #EE87E2 #EEC687 #87EE92

split-complementary

#87AFEE #EE9287 #E2EE87

monochromatic

#1F68DC #518BE6 #87AFEE #BDD3F6 #E4EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#87AFEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#87AFEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87AFEE

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87AFEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87AFEE	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B3F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA9ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61BDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87afee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 175, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.101 259.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec6f3',
    500: '#87afee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87afee;
$custom-light: #aec6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87afee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.699,
    "s": 75.182,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74933,
    "c": 0.10142,
    "h": 259.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87AFEE

secondary

#F3E8D8

accent

#890ED7

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #87AFEE

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

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