#87a1eb

Color #87a1eb

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 10.53 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#87a1eb

RGB

rgb(135, 161, 235)

HSL

hsl(224.4, 71.4%, 72.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(224.4, 42.6%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(42.6%, 31.5%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(67, 9.68, -40.08)

LCH

lch(67, 41.23, 283.58)

OKLCH

oklch(71.9%, 0.1123, 268.72)

HWB

hwb(224.4, 52.9%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ebd187

Analogous

#87d3eb

#87a1eb

#9f87eb

Triadic

#87a1eb

#eb87a1

#a1eb87

Split-complementary

#87a1eb

#eb9f87

#d3eb87

Tetradic

#87a1eb

#d187eb

#ebd187

#a1eb87

Square

#87a1eb

#eb87d3

#ebd187

#87eb9f

Shades

Color #87a1eb mixed toward black.

#5277e2

#2351d3

#1a3d9e

#12296a

#091435

Tints

Color #87a1eb mixed toward white.

#9bb1ee

#afc0f2

#c3d0f5

#d7e0f8

#ebeffc

Tones

Color #87a1eb mixed toward gray.

#8fa5e3

#97a9da

#a0add2

#a8b1ca

#b1b5c1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.33:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.33:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9393dc · ΔE 7

Deuteranopia

#918fd8 · ΔE 8

Tritanopia

#88cfcc · ΔE 27.1

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 21.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #87a1eb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#87a1eb]

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

#87a1eb (#87a1eb) is rgb(135, 161, 235) in RGB.

No, #87a1eb 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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