#87CDCD#87CDCD

#87CDCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.070 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87CDCD
RGB	rgb(135, 205, 205)
HSL	hsl(180, 41%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(180, 34%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 0%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.00, -21.83, -6.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.00, 22.92, 197.73°)
OKLab	oklab(80.22% -0.0676 -0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(80.22% 0.07 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.8385, 53.2186, 65.7607)
Luminance	0.5322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87CDCD #CD8787

analogous

#87CDAA #87CDCD #87AACD

triadic

#87CDCD #CD87CD #CDCD87

tetradic

#87CDCD #AA87CD #CD8787 #AACD87

square

#87CDCD #AA87CD #CD8787 #AACD87

split-complementary

#87CDCD #CD87AA #CDAA87

monochromatic

#409A9A #5CBBBB #87CDCD #B2DFDF #DDF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#87CDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#87CDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87CDCD

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87CDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87CDCD	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C7CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BDCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BD1CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87cdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 205, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.070 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#addcdc',
    500: '#87cdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87cdcd;
$custom-light: #addcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87cdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 41.176,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80216,
    "c": 0.07028,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87CDCD

secondary

#A05858

accent

#3131B4

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #87CDCD

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

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