#87BEC5#87BEC5

#87BEC5 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.058 H 205.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87BEC5
RGB	rgb(135, 190, 197)
HSL	hsl(187, 35%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(187, 31%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 3.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.55, -16.11, -9.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.55, 18.58, 209.91°)
OKLab	oklab(76.58% -0.0521 -0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(76.58% 0.058 205.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.4798, 46.0069, 59.6651)
Luminance	0.4601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87BEC5 #C58E87

analogous

#87C5AD #87BEC5 #879FC5

triadic

#87BEC5 #C587BE #BEC587

tetradic

#87BEC5 #AD87C5 #C58E87 #9FC587

square

#87BEC5 #AD87C5 #C58E87 #9FC587

split-complementary

#87BEC5 #C5879F #C5AD87

monochromatic

#44858D #5EA8B1 #87BEC5 #B0D4D9 #DAEBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#87BEC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#87BEC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87BEC5

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87BEC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87BEC5	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B9C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB1C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71C3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87bec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 190, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.058 205.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acd1d6',
    500: '#87bec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87bec5;
$custom-light: #acd1d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87bec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.774,
    "s": 34.831,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76584,
    "c": 0.05793,
    "h": 205.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87BEC5

secondary

#DECCC9

accent

#4538AE

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FA

border

#CED2D3

text

#101414

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #87BEC5

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

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