#87BCAD#87BCAD

#87BCAD is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.060 H 175.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87BCAD
RGB	rgb(135, 188, 173)
HSL	hsl(163, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(163, 28%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 0%, 8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.32, -20.54, 2.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.32, 20.64, 174.41°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% -0.0595 0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.06 175.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.5153, 44.1328, 46.1742)
Luminance	0.4413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87BCAD #BC8796

analogous

#87BC92 #87BCAD #87B0BC

triadic

#87BCAD #AD87BC #BCAD87

tetradic

#87BCAD #9287BC #BC8796 #B0BC87

square

#87BCAD #9287BC #BC8796 #B0BC87

split-complementary

#87BCAD #BC87B0 #BC9287

monochromatic

#488171 #60A692 #87BCAD #AED2C8 #D6E8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#87BCAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#87BCAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87BCAD

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87BCAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87BCAD	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B5AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAEAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79BDB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87bcad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 188, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.060 175.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abd0c5',
    500: '#87bcad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87bcad;
$custom-light: #abd0c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87bcad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.019,
    "s": 28.342,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75379,
    "c": 0.0597,
    "h": 175.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87BCAD

secondary

#D9C6CB

accent

#3F5CA7

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#101412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #87BCAD

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

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