#87BCBA#87BCBA

#87BCBA is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.055 H 193.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87BCBA
RGB	rgb(135, 188, 186)
HSL	hsl(178, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(178, 28%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 0%, 1.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.67, -17.65, -4.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.67, 18.23, 194.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% -0.054 -0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.055 193.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.8349, 44.6606, 53.1243)
Luminance	0.4466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87BCBA #BC8789

analogous

#87BC9F #87BCBA #87A3BC

triadic

#87BCBA #BA87BC #BCBA87

tetradic

#87BCBA #9F87BC #BC8789 #A3BC87

square

#87BCBA #9F87BC #BC8789 #A3BC87

split-complementary

#87BCBA #BC87A3 #BC9F87

monochromatic

#48817F #60A6A3 #87BCBA #AED2D1 #D6E8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#87BCBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#87BCBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87BCBA

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87BCBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87BCBA	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B7BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAFBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75BFBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87bcba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 188, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.055 193.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abd0ce',
    500: '#87bcba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87bcba;
$custom-light: #abd0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87bcba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.736,
    "s": 28.342,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75775,
    "c": 0.05545,
    "h": 193.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87BCBA

secondary

#D9C6C7

accent

#3F42A7

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#101413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #87BCBA

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

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