#87a4ef

Color #87a4ef

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 10.47 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#87a4ef

RGB

rgb(135, 164, 239)

HSL

hsl(223.3, 76.5%, 73.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(223.3, 43.5%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(43.5%, 31.4%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(67.97, 9.1, -40.75)

LCH

lch(67.97, 41.75, 282.59)

OKLCH

oklch(72.7%, 0.1143, 267.39)

HWB

hwb(223.3, 52.9%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#efd287

Analogous

#87d8ef

#87a4ef

#9e87ef

Triadic

#87a4ef

#ef87a4

#a4ef87

Split-complementary

#87a4ef

#ef9e87

#d8ef87

Tetradic

#87a4ef

#d287ef

#efd287

#a4ef87

Square

#87a4ef

#ef87d8

#efd287

#87ef9e

Shades

Color #87a4ef mixed toward black.

#507ae8

#1d52dc

#163ea5

#0f296e

#071537

Tints

Color #87a4ef mixed toward white.

#9bb3f2

#afc2f4

#c3d1f7

#d7e1fa

#ebf0fc

Tones

Color #87a4ef mixed toward gray.

#90a8e6

#98acde

#a1afd5

#aab3cc

#b2b7c4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.59:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.59:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9495e0 · ΔE 7.4

Deuteranopia

#9390dc · ΔE 8.8

Tritanopia

#89d3d0 · ΔE 27.2

Achromatopsia

#a6a6a6 · ΔE 21.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #87a4ef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#87a4ef]

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

#87a4ef (#87a4ef) is rgb(135, 164, 239) in RGB.

No, #87a4ef 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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