#87abe4

Color #87abe4

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 17.04 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#87abe4

RGB

rgb(135, 171, 228)

HSL

hsl(216.8, 63.3%, 71.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.8, 40.8%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.8%, 25%, 0%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(69.38, 2.1, -32.54)

LCH

lch(69.38, 32.61, 273.69)

OKLCH

oklch(73.7%, 0.0922, 259.43)

HWB

hwb(216.8, 52.9%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e4c087

Analogous

#87dae4

#87abe4

#9287e4

Triadic

#87abe4

#e487ab

#abe487

Split-complementary

#87abe4

#e49287

#dae487

Tetradic

#87abe4

#c087e4

#e4c087

#abe487

Square

#87abe4

#e487da

#e4c087

#87e492

Shades

Color #87abe4 mixed toward black.

#5688d9

#2c68c6

#214e94

#163463

#0b1a31

Tints

Color #87abe4 mixed toward white.

#9bb9e9

#afc7ed

#c3d5f2

#d7e3f6

#ebf1fb

Tones

Color #87abe4 mixed toward gray.

#8faddc

#97afd5

#9eb0cd

#a6b2c5

#aeb4bd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.98:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.98:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9898d8 · ΔE 9.9

Deuteranopia

#9693d5 · ΔE 11

Tritanopia

#89cecc · ΔE 22.9

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 18.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #87abe4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#87abe4]

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

#87abe4 (#87abe4) is rgb(135, 171, 228) in RGB.

No, #87abe4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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