#87b8f6

Color #87b8f6

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 14.33 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#87b8f6

RGB

rgb(135, 184, 246)

HSL

hsl(213.5, 86%, 74.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(213.5, 45.1%, 96.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.1%, 25.2%, 0%, 3.5%)

LAB

lab(73.6, -0.12, -35.79)

LCH

lch(73.6, 35.79, 269.81)

OKLCH

oklch(77.2%, 0.1036, 254.72)

HWB

hwb(213.5, 52.9%, 3.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f6c587

Analogous

#87eff6

#87b8f6

#8d87f6

Triadic

#87b8f6

#f687b8

#b8f687

Split-complementary

#87b8f6

#f68d87

#eff687

Tetradic

#87b8f6

#c587f6

#f6c587

#b8f687

Square

#87b8f6

#f687ef

#f6c587

#87f68d

Shades

Color #87b8f6 mixed toward black.

#4c95f2

#1272ec

#0d56b1

#093976

#041d3b

Tints

Color #87b8f6 mixed toward white.

#9bc4f7

#afd0f9

#c3dcfa

#d7e7fc

#ebf3fd

Tones

Color #87b8f6 mixed toward gray.

#90b9ed

#99bae3

#a3bbda

#acbcd1

#b5bdc8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.22:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.22:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9f9fe9 · ΔE 12.4

Deuteranopia

#9c98e6 · ΔE 13.8

Tritanopia

#8adedb · ΔE 23.4

Achromatopsia

#b5b5b5 · ΔE 19.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #87b8f6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#87b8f6]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#87b8f6 (#87b8f6) is rgb(135, 184, 246) in RGB.

No, #87b8f6 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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