#87BDAE#87BDAE

#87BDAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.061 H 175.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87BDAE
RGB	rgb(135, 189, 174)
HSL	hsl(163, 29%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(163, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 0%, 7.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.63, -20.83, 1.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.63, 20.92, 174.74°)
OKLab	oklab(75.64% -0.0604 0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(75.64% 0.061 175.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.8268, 44.6004, 46.7572)
Luminance	0.4460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87BDAE #BD8796

analogous

#87BD93 #87BDAE #87B1BD

triadic

#87BDAE #AE87BD #BDAE87

tetradic

#87BDAE #9387BD #BD8796 #B1BD87

square

#87BDAE #9387BD #BD8796 #B1BD87

split-complementary

#87BDAE #BD87B1 #BD9387

monochromatic

#488272 #60A793 #87BDAE #AED3C9 #D6E8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#87BDAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#87BDAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87BDAE

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87BDAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87BDAE	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B6AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAFAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78BEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87bdae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 189, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.061 175.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abd1c6',
    500: '#87bdae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87bdae;
$custom-light: #abd1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87bdae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.333,
    "s": 29.032,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75636,
    "c": 0.06055,
    "h": 175.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87BDAE

secondary

#D9C6CC

accent

#3E5BA8

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#101413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #87BDAE

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

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