#87afdb

Color #87afdb

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 12.84 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#87afdb

RGB

rgb(135, 175, 219)

HSL

hsl(211.4, 53.8%, 69.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(211.4, 38.4%, 85.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.4%, 20.1%, 0%, 14.1%)

LAB

lab(70.12, -2.54, -26.48)

LCH

lch(70.12, 26.6, 264.52)

OKLCH

oklch(74.1%, 0.0774, 251.24)

HWB

hwb(211.4, 52.9%, 14.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dbb387

Analogous

#87d9db

#87afdb

#8987db

Triadic

#87afdb

#db87af

#afdb87

Split-complementary

#87afdb

#db8987

#d9db87

Tetradic

#87afdb

#b387db

#dbb387

#afdb87

Square

#87afdb

#db87d9

#dbb387

#87db89

Shades

Color #87afdb mixed toward black.

#5a91cd

#3773b5

#295688

#1b3a5b

#0e1d2d

Tints

Color #87afdb mixed toward white.

#9bbce1

#afcae7

#c3d7ed

#d7e4f3

#ebf2f9

Tones

Color #87afdb mixed toward gray.

#8eafd4

#95b0cd

#9cb0c6

#a3b0bf

#aab1b8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.19:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.19:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9ad1 · ΔE 12

Deuteranopia

#9894cf · ΔE 13.2

Tritanopia

#89c9c8 · ΔE 19

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 16.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #87afdb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#87afdb]

Related colors

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Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

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Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#87afdb (#87afdb) is rgb(135, 175, 219) in RGB.

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

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