#87CDC4#87CDC4

#87CDC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.072 H 185.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87CDC4
RGB	rgb(135, 205, 196)
HSL	hsl(172, 41%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(172, 34%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 0%, 4.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.75, -23.93, -2.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.75, 24.06, 185.98°)
OKLab	oklab(79.93% -0.0713 -0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(79.93% 0.072 185.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.7833, 52.7965, 60.2029)
Luminance	0.5280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87CDC4 #CD8790

analogous

#87CDA1 #87CDC4 #87B3CD

triadic

#87CDC4 #C487CD #CDC487

tetradic

#87CDC4 #A187CD #CD8790 #B3CD87

square

#87CDC4 #A187CD #CD8790 #B3CD87

split-complementary

#87CDC4 #CD87B3 #CDA187

monochromatic

#409A8E #5CBBAF #87CDC4 #B2DFD9 #DDF1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#87CDC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#87CDC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87CDC4

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87CDC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87CDC4	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C6C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABCC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FD0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87cdc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 205, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.072 185.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acdcd5',
    500: '#87cdc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87cdc4;
$custom-light: #acdcd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87cdc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.286,
    "s": 41.176,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79934,
    "c": 0.07169,
    "h": 185.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87CDC4

secondary

#A05862

accent

#3142B4

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#101514

muted

#818483

Preview Lab

Preview with #87CDC4

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

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