#87C8CB#87C8CB

#87C8CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.066 H 199.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87C8CB
RGB	rgb(135, 200, 203)
HSL	hsl(183, 40%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(183, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 1.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.54, -19.79, -8.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.54, 21.38, 202.20°)
OKLab	oklab(79.03% -0.0623 -0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(79.03% 0.066 199.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.4217, 50.7688, 64.1051)
Luminance	0.5077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87C8CB #CB8A87

analogous

#87CBAC #87C8CB #87A6CB

triadic

#87C8CB #CB87C8 #C8CB87

tetradic

#87C8CB #AC87CB #CB8A87 #A6CB87

square

#87C8CB #AC87CB #CB8A87 #A6CB87

split-complementary

#87C8CB #CB87A6 #CBAC87

monochromatic

#419396 #5CB4B8 #87C8CB #B2DCDE #DCEFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#87C8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#87C8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87C8CB

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87C8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87C8CB	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC2CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B9CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DCCC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87c8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 200, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.066 199.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acd8da',
    500: '#87c8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87c8cb;
$custom-light: #acd8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87c8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.647,
    "s": 39.535,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79026,
    "c": 0.06608,
    "h": 199.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87C8CB

secondary

#9D5C59

accent

#3933B3

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFB

border

#D0D4D4

text

#101414

muted

#818383

Preview Lab

Preview with #87C8CB

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

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