#87a6ef

Color #87a6ef

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 11.52 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#87a6ef

RGB

rgb(135, 166, 239)

HSL

hsl(222.1, 76.5%, 73.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(222.1, 43.5%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(43.5%, 30.5%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(68.5, 7.97, -39.93)

LCH

lch(68.5, 40.72, 281.29)

OKLCH

oklch(73.1%, 0.1121, 266.11)

HWB

hwb(222.1, 52.9%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#efd087

Analogous

#87daef

#87a6ef

#9c87ef

Triadic

#87a6ef

#ef87a6

#a6ef87

Split-complementary

#87a6ef

#ef9c87

#daef87

Tetradic

#87a6ef

#d087ef

#efd087

#a6ef87

Square

#87a6ef

#ef87da

#efd087

#87ef9c

Shades

Color #87a6ef mixed toward black.

#507de8

#1d56dc

#1641a5

#0f2b6e

#071637

Tints

Color #87a6ef mixed toward white.

#9bb5f2

#afc4f4

#c3d2f7

#d7e1fa

#ebf0fc

Tones

Color #87a6ef mixed toward gray.

#90a9e6

#98adde

#a1b0d5

#aab4cc

#b2b7c4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.73:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.73:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9596e0 · ΔE 7.9

Deuteranopia

#9491dc · ΔE 9.4

Tritanopia

#89d3d1 · ΔE 26.3

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 21.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #87a6ef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#87a6ef]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#87a6ef (#87a6ef) is rgb(135, 166, 239) in RGB.

No, #87a6ef is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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