#87AFEF#87AFEF

#87AFEF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.103 H 259.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87AFEF
RGB	rgb(135, 175, 239)
HSL	hsl(217, 76%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(217, 44%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 26.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.90, 2.91, -36.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.90, 36.31, 274.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% -0.0186 -0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.103 259.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.8966, 42.0404, 87.6043)
Luminance	0.4204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87AFEF #EFC787

analogous

#87E3EF #87AFEF #9387EF

triadic

#87AFEF #EF87AF #AFEF87

tetradic

#87AFEF #EF87E3 #EFC787 #87EF93

square

#87AFEF #EF87E3 #EFC787 #87EF93

split-complementary

#87AFEF #EF9387 #E3EF87

monochromatic

#1E68DE #518BE8 #87AFEF #BDD3F6 #E4EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#87AFEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#87AFEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87AFEF

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87AFEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87AFEF	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B3F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA9EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60BDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87afef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 175, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.103 259.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec6f4',
    500: '#87afef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87afef;
$custom-light: #aec6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87afef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.923,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74978,
    "c": 0.10272,
    "h": 259.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87AFEF

secondary

#F3E9D8

accent

#8A0DD9

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #87AFEF

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

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