#87BCAE#87BCAE

#87BCAE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.059 H 176.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87BCAE
RGB	rgb(135, 188, 174)
HSL	hsl(164, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(164, 28%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 0%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.34, -20.33, 1.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.34, 20.38, 175.77°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% -0.0591 0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.059 176.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.6124, 44.1716, 46.6857)
Luminance	0.4417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87BCAE #BC8795

analogous

#87BC93 #87BCAE #87AFBC

triadic

#87BCAE #AE87BC #BCAE87

tetradic

#87BCAE #9387BC #BC8795 #AFBC87

square

#87BCAE #9387BC #BC8795 #AFBC87

split-complementary

#87BCAE #BC87AF #BC9387

monochromatic

#488172 #60A693 #87BCAE #AED2C9 #D6E8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#87BCAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#87BCAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87BCAE

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87BCAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87BCAE	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)

#B8B6AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAFAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79BDB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87bcae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 188, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.059 176.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abd0c6',
    500: '#87bcae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87bcae;
$custom-light: #abd0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87bcae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.151,
    "s": 28.342,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75408,
    "c": 0.05917,
    "h": 176.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87BCAE

secondary

#D9C6CB

accent

#3F5AA7

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#101413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #87BCAE

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

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