#87a0e6

Color #87a0e6

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 12.13 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#87a0e6

RGB

rgb(135, 160, 230)

HSL

hsl(224.2, 65.5%, 71.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(224.2, 41.3%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(41.3%, 30.4%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(66.52, 8.86, -38.08)

LCH

lch(66.52, 39.1, 283.1)

OKLCH

oklch(71.4%, 0.1065, 268.6)

HWB

hwb(224.2, 52.9%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e6cd87

Analogous

#87d0e6

#87a0e6

#9e87e6

Triadic

#87a0e6

#e687a0

#a0e687

Split-complementary

#87a0e6

#e69e87

#d0e687

Tetradic

#87a0e6

#cd87e6

#e6cd87

#a0e687

Square

#87a0e6

#e687d0

#e6cd87

#87e69e

Shades

Color #87a0e6 mixed toward black.

#5578dc

#2a54c9

#1f3f97

#152a65

#0a1532

Tints

Color #87a0e6 mixed toward white.

#9bb0ea

#afc0ee

#c3d0f3

#d7dff7

#ebeffb

Tones

Color #87a0e6 mixed toward gray.

#8fa4de

#97a8d6

#9fabce

#a7afc6

#afb3be

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.2:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.2:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9293d8 · ΔE 6.7

Deuteranopia

#918fd4 · ΔE 7.8

Tritanopia

#88ccc9 · ΔE 26.5

Achromatopsia

#a2a2a2 · ΔE 21

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #87a0e6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#87a0e6]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#87a0e6 (#87a0e6) is rgb(135, 160, 230) in RGB.

No, #87a0e6 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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