#87aeef

Color #87aeef

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 16.46 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#87aeef

RGB

rgb(135, 174, 239)

HSL

hsl(217.5, 76.5%, 73.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.5, 43.5%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(43.5%, 27.2%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(70.63, 3.47, -36.61)

LCH

lch(70.63, 36.77, 275.41)

OKLCH

oklch(74.8%, 0.1037, 260.34)

HWB

hwb(217.5, 52.9%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#efc887

Analogous

#87e2ef

#87aeef

#9487ef

Triadic

#87aeef

#ef87ae

#aeef87

Split-complementary

#87aeef

#ef9487

#e2ef87

Tetradic

#87aeef

#c887ef

#efc887

#aeef87

Square

#87aeef

#ef87e2

#efc887

#87ef94

Shades

Color #87aeef mixed toward black.

#5089e8

#1d65dc

#164ca5

#0f326e

#071937

Tints

Color #87aeef mixed toward white.

#9bbbf2

#afc9f4

#c3d6f7

#d7e4fa

#ebf1fc

Tones

Color #87aeef mixed toward gray.

#90b0e6

#98b2de

#a1b4d5

#aab7cc

#b2b9c4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.33:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.33:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#999ae1 · ΔE 10

Deuteranopia

#9794de · ΔE 11.4

Tritanopia

#89d6d3 · ΔE 24.7

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 20.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #87aeef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#87aeef]

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

#87aeef (#87aeef) is rgb(135, 174, 239) in RGB.

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

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