#87CDCE#87CDCE

#87CDCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.070 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87CDCE
RGB	rgb(135, 205, 206)
HSL	hsl(181, 42%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(181, 34%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 0.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.03, -21.60, -7.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.03, 22.85, 199.10°)
OKLab	oklab(80.25% -0.0672 -0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(80.25% 0.07 197)
XYZ	xyz(42.9596, 53.2671, 66.3984)
Luminance	0.5327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87CDCE #CE8887

analogous

#87CEAC #87CDCE #87AACE

triadic

#87CDCE #CE87CD #CDCE87

tetradic

#87CDCE #AC87CE #CE8887 #AACE87

square

#87CDCE #AC87CE #CE8887 #AACE87

split-complementary

#87CDCE #CE87AA #CEAC87

monochromatic

#3F9A9B #5CBBBC #87CDCE #B2DFE0 #DEF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#87CDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#87CDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87CDCE

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87CDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87CDCE	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BDCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BD1CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87cdce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 205, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.070 197.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87cdce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.845,
    "s": 42.012,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80248,
    "c": 0.07028,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.5327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87CDCE

secondary

#A15958

accent

#3230B5

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #87CDCE

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

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