#87BCBC#87BCBC

#87BCBC is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.055 H 196.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87BCBC
RGB	rgb(135, 188, 188)
HSL	hsl(180, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(180, 28%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 0%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.72, -17.19, -5.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.72, 18.07, 197.99°)
OKLab	oklab(75.84% -0.0532 -0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(75.84% 0.055 196)
XYZ	xyz(37.0490, 44.7463, 54.2519)
Luminance	0.4475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87BCBC #BC8787

analogous

#87BCA1 #87BCBC #87A1BC

triadic

#87BCBC #BC87BC #BCBC87

tetradic

#87BCBC #A187BC #BC8787 #A1BC87

square

#87BCBC #A187BC #BC8787 #A1BC87

split-complementary

#87BCBC #BC87A1 #BCA187

monochromatic

#488181 #60A6A6 #87BCBC #AED2D2 #D6E8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#87BCBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#87BCBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87BCBC

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87BCBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87BCBC	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B7BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAFBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74BFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87bcbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 188, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.055 196.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abd0d0',
    500: '#87bcbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87bcbc;
$custom-light: #abd0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87bcbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 28.342,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75839,
    "c": 0.05535,
    "h": 196
  },
  "luminance": 0.44748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87BCBC

secondary

#D9C6C6

accent

#3F3FA7

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#101414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #87BCBC

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

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