#87aff3

Color #87aff3

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 15.38 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#87aff3

RGB

rgb(135, 175, 243)

HSL

hsl(217.8, 81.8%, 74.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.8, 44.4%, 95.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(44.4%, 28%, 0%, 4.7%)

LAB

lab(71.06, 4.03, -38.11)

LCH

lch(71.06, 38.32, 276.04)

OKLCH

oklch(75.2%, 0.1079, 260.72)

HWB

hwb(217.8, 52.9%, 4.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f3cb87

Analogous

#87e5f3

#87aff3

#9587f3

Triadic

#87aff3

#f387af

#aff387

Split-complementary

#87aff3

#f39587

#e5f387

Tetradic

#87aff3

#cb87f3

#f3cb87

#aff387

Square

#87aff3

#f387e5

#f3cb87

#87f395

Shades

Color #87aff3 mixed toward black.

#4e89ed

#1763e5

#114aac

#0b3273

#061939

Tints

Color #87aff3 mixed toward white.

#9bbcf5

#afcaf7

#c3d7f9

#d7e4fb

#ebf2fd

Tones

Color #87aff3 mixed toward gray.

#90b1ea

#99b4e1

#a2b6d8

#abb8cf

#b4bbc6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.46:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.46:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9ae5 · ΔE 10.3

Deuteranopia

#9894e1 · ΔE 11.7

Tritanopia

#89d9d6 · ΔE 25.3

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 20.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #87aff3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#87aff3]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#87aff3 (#87aff3) is rgb(135, 175, 243) in RGB.

No, #87aff3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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