#87AFAF#87AFAF

#87AFAF is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.043 H 196.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87AFAF
RGB	rgb(135, 175, 175)
HSL	hsl(180, 20%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(180, 23%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 0%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, -13.38, -4.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 14.09, 198.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.0414 -0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.043 196.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.0572, 38.9046, 46.3167)
Luminance	0.3891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87AFAF #AF8787

analogous

#87AF9B #87AFAF #879BAF

triadic

#87AFAF #AF87AF #AFAF87

tetradic

#87AFAF #9B87AF #AF8787 #9BAF87

square

#87AFAF #9B87AF #AF8787 #9BAF87

split-complementary

#87AFAF #AF879B #AF9B87

monochromatic

#4B7171 #649595 #87AFAF #ACC7C7 #D0E0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#87AFAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#87AFAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87AFAF

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87AFAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87AFAF	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAABAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A5AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7AB2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87afaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 175, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.043 196.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abc7c6',
    500: '#87afaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87afaf;
$custom-light: #abc7c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87afaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72497,
    "c": 0.0431,
    "h": 196.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87AFAF

secondary

#D0C1C1

accent

#47479E

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F8

border

#CED1D1

text

#101313

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #87AFAF

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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