#87adee

Color #87adee

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 16.26 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#87adee

RGB

rgb(135, 173, 238)

HSL

hsl(217.9, 75.2%, 73.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.9, 43.3%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(43.3%, 27.3%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(70.32, 3.75, -36.54)

LCH

lch(70.32, 36.73, 275.86)

OKLCH

oklch(74.5%, 0.1033, 260.87)

HWB

hwb(217.9, 52.9%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eec887

Analogous

#87e0ee

#87adee

#9487ee

Triadic

#87adee

#ee87ad

#adee87

Split-complementary

#87adee

#ee9487

#e0ee87

Tetradic

#87adee

#c887ee

#eec887

#adee87

Square

#87adee

#ee87e0

#eec887

#87ee94

Shades

Color #87adee mixed toward black.

#5088e6

#1f64da

#174ba3

#0f326d

#081936

Tints

Color #87adee mixed toward white.

#9bbbf1

#afc8f4

#c3d6f6

#d7e4f9

#ebf1fc

Tones

Color #87adee mixed toward gray.

#8fafe5

#98b1dd

#a1b4d4

#a9b6cc

#b2b8c3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.24:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.24:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9999e1 · ΔE 9.9

Deuteranopia

#9794dd · ΔE 11.1

Tritanopia

#89d5d2 · ΔE 24.7

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 20.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #87adee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#87adee]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#87adee (#87adee) is rgb(135, 173, 238) in RGB.

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

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