#87ade9

Color #87ade9

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 17.26 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#87ade9

RGB

rgb(135, 173, 233)

HSL

hsl(216.7, 69%, 72.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.7, 42.1%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(42.1%, 25.8%, 0%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(70.12, 2.36, -34.13)

LCH

lch(70.12, 34.21, 273.96)

OKLCH

oklch(74.3%, 0.0968, 259.34)

HWB

hwb(216.7, 52.9%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e9c387

Analogous

#87dee9

#87ade9

#9287e9

Triadic

#87ade9

#e987ad

#ade987

Split-complementary

#87ade9

#e99287

#dee987

Tetradic

#87ade9

#c387e9

#e9c387

#ade987

Square

#87ade9

#e987de

#e9c387

#87e992

Shades

Color #87ade9 mixed toward black.

#538ae0

#2668cf

#1d4e9c

#133468

#0a1a34

Tints

Color #87ade9 mixed toward white.

#9bbbed

#afc8f0

#c3d6f4

#d7e4f8

#ebf1fb

Tones

Color #87ade9 mixed toward gray.

#8fafe1

#98b1d9

#a0b3d1

#a8b4c8

#b0b6c0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.18:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.18:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9999dc · ΔE 10.2

Deuteranopia

#9794d9 · ΔE 11.3

Tritanopia

#89d2cf · ΔE 23.7

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 19.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #87ade9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#87ade9]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#87ade9 (#87ade9) is rgb(135, 173, 233) in RGB.

No, #87ade9 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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