#87a6e2

Color #87a6e2

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 17.49 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#87a6e2

RGB

rgb(135, 166, 226)

HSL

hsl(219.6, 61.1%, 70.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(219.6, 40.3%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.3%, 26.5%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(67.96, 4.35, -33.66)

LCH

lch(67.96, 33.94, 277.36)

OKLCH

oklch(72.5%, 0.0944, 263.12)

HWB

hwb(219.6, 52.9%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e2c387

Analogous

#87d3e2

#87a6e2

#9687e2

Triadic

#87a6e2

#e287a6

#a6e287

Split-complementary

#87a6e2

#e29687

#d3e287

Tetradic

#87a6e2

#c387e2

#e2c387

#a6e287

Square

#87a6e2

#e287d3

#e2c387

#87e296

Shades

Color #87a6e2 mixed toward black.

#5782d6

#2f61c2

#234991

#173061

#0c1830

Tints

Color #87a6e2 mixed toward white.

#9bb5e7

#afc4ec

#c3d2f1

#d7e1f5

#ebf0fa

Tones

Color #87a6e2 mixed toward gray.

#8fa8da

#96abd3

#9eadcb

#a5b0c4

#adb2bc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.58:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.58:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9596d5 · ΔE 8.4

Deuteranopia

#9491d2 · ΔE 9.8

Tritanopia

#89cbc8 · ΔE 24.1

Achromatopsia

#a6a6a6 · ΔE 19.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #87a6e2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#87a6e2]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#87a6e2 (#87a6e2) is rgb(135, 166, 226) in RGB.

No, #87a6e2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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