#87BCBF#87BCBF

#87BCBF is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.055 H 200.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87BCBF
RGB	rgb(135, 188, 191)
HSL	hsl(183, 30%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(183, 29%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.3%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.81, -16.49, -7.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.81, 17.95, 203.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.94% -0.052 -0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(75.94% 0.055 200.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.3758, 44.8770, 55.9729)
Luminance	0.4488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87BCBF #BF8A87

analogous

#87BFA6 #87BCBF #87A0BF

triadic

#87BCBF #BF87BC #BCBF87

tetradic

#87BCBF #A687BF #BF8A87 #A0BF87

square

#87BCBF #A687BF #BF8A87 #A0BF87

split-complementary

#87BCBF #BF87A0 #BFA687

monochromatic

#478185 #5FA6AA #87BCBF #AFD2D4 #D7E9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#87BCBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#87BCBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87BCBF

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87BCBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87BCBF	1.00	2.11	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B7BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAFBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73C0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87bcbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 188, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.055 200.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acd0d2',
    500: '#87bcbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87bcbf;
$custom-light: #acd0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87bcbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.214,
    "s": 30.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75936,
    "c": 0.05546,
    "h": 200.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87BCBF

secondary

#DBC8C7

accent

#423CA9

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#101414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #87BCBF

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

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