#87b3f9

Color #87b3f9

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 15.59 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#87b3f9

RGB

rgb(135, 179, 249)

HSL

hsl(216.8, 90.5%, 75.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.8, 45.8%, 97.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.8%, 28.1%, 0%, 2.4%)

LAB

lab(72.38, 3.5, -39.31)

LCH

lch(72.38, 39.47, 275.09)

OKLCH

oklch(76.3%, 0.1119, 259.44)

HWB

hwb(216.8, 52.9%, 2.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f9cd87

Analogous

#87ecf9

#87b3f9

#9487f9

Triadic

#87b3f9

#f987b3

#b3f987

Split-complementary

#87b3f9

#f99487

#ecf987

Tetradic

#87b3f9

#cd87f9

#f9cd87

#b3f987

Square

#87b3f9

#f987ec

#f9cd87

#87f994

Shades

Color #87b3f9 mixed toward black.

#4a8df6

#0d66f3

#094cb7

#06337a

#03193d

Tints

Color #87b3f9 mixed toward white.

#9bc0fa

#afccfb

#c3d9fc

#d7e6fd

#ebf2fe

Tones

Color #87b3f9 mixed toward gray.

#91b5f0

#9ab7e6

#a4badd

#adbcd3

#b7beca

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.13:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.85:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.85:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9c9ceb · ΔE 11

Deuteranopia

#9996e7 · ΔE 12.3

Tritanopia

#8adedb · ΔE 25.4

Achromatopsia

#b1b1b1 · ΔE 20.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #87b3f9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#87b3f9]

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

#87b3f9 (#87b3f9) is rgb(135, 179, 249) in RGB.

No, #87b3f9 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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