#87CBCE#87CBCE

#87CBCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.069 H 199.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87CBCE
RGB	rgb(135, 203, 206)
HSL	hsl(183, 42%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(183, 34%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 1.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.47, -20.59, -8.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.47, 22.20, 201.98°)
OKLab	oklab(79.8% -0.0647 -0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(79.8% 0.069 199.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.4843, 52.3164, 66.2400)
Luminance	0.5232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87CBCE #CE8A87

analogous

#87CEAE #87CBCE #87A8CE

triadic

#87CBCE #CE87CB #CBCE87

tetradic

#87CBCE #AE87CE #CE8A87 #A8CE87

square

#87CBCE #AE87CE #CE8A87 #A8CE87

split-complementary

#87CBCE #CE87A8 #CEAE87

monochromatic

#3F979B #5CB8BC #87CBCE #B2DEE0 #DEF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#87CBCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#87CBCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87CBCE

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87CBCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87CBCE	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BBCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BD0CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87cbce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 203, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.069 199.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#addbdc',
    500: '#87cbce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87cbce;
$custom-light: #addbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87cbce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.535,
    "s": 42.012,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79798,
    "c": 0.06865,
    "h": 199.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87CBCE

secondary

#A15B58

accent

#3630B5

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#101515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #87CBCE

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

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