#87BCAC#87BCAC

#87BCAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.060 H 173.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87BCAC
RGB	rgb(135, 188, 172)
HSL	hsl(162, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(162, 28%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 0%, 8.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.29, -20.76, 2.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.29, 20.91, 173.08°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% -0.0599 0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.06 173.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.4189, 44.0942, 45.6665)
Luminance	0.4410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87BCAC #BC8797

analogous

#87BC91 #87BCAC #87B1BC

triadic

#87BCAC #AC87BC #BCAC87

tetradic

#87BCAC #9187BC #BC8797 #B1BC87

square

#87BCAC #9187BC #BC8797 #B1BC87

split-complementary

#87BCAC #BC87B1 #BC9187

monochromatic

#488170 #60A691 #87BCAC #AED2C7 #D6E8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#87BCAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#87BCAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87BCAC

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87BCAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87BCAC	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B5AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAEAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79BDB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87bcac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 188, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.060 173.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87bcac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.887,
    "s": 28.342,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75349,
    "c": 0.06026,
    "h": 173.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87BCAC

secondary

#D9C6CC

accent

#3F5EA7

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#101412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #87BCAC

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

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