#87BCAB#87BCAB

#87BCAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.061 H 172.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87BCAB
RGB	rgb(135, 188, 171)
HSL	hsl(161, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(161, 28%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 0%, 9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.27, -20.97, 3.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.27, 21.19, 171.78°)
OKLab	oklab(75.32% -0.0603 0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(75.32% 0.061 172.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.3232, 44.0560, 45.1626)
Luminance	0.4406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87BCAB #BC8798

analogous

#87BC90 #87BCAB #87B2BC

triadic

#87BCAB #AB87BC #BCAB87

tetradic

#87BCAB #9087BC #BC8798 #B2BC87

square

#87BCAB #9087BC #BC8798 #B2BC87

split-complementary

#87BCAB #BC87B2 #BC9087

monochromatic

#48816E #60A690 #87BCAB #AED2C6 #D6E8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#87BCAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#87BCAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87BCAB

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87BCAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87BCAB	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B5AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAEAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79BDB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87bcab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 188, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.061 172.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abd0c4',
    500: '#87bcab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87bcab;
$custom-light: #abd0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87bcab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.755,
    "s": 28.342,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75321,
    "c": 0.06084,
    "h": 172.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87BCAB

secondary

#D9C6CC

accent

#3F60A7

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#101412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #87BCAB

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

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