#87CEB8#87CEB8

#87CEB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.078 H 172.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87CEB8
RGB	rgb(135, 206, 184)
HSL	hsl(161, 42%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(161, 34%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 0%, 10.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.73, -27.10, 3.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.73, 27.38, 171.80°)
OKLab	oklab(79.81% -0.0777 0.0099)
OKLCH	oklch(79.81% 0.078 172.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.7116, 52.7518, 53.3750)
Luminance	0.5275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87CEB8 #CE879D

analogous

#87CE95 #87CEB8 #87C1CE

triadic

#87CEB8 #B887CE #CEB887

tetradic

#87CEB8 #9587CE #CE879D #C1CE87

square

#87CEB8 #9587CE #CE879D #C1CE87

split-complementary

#87CEB8 #CE87C1 #CE9587

monochromatic

#3F9B7F #5CBC9E #87CEB8 #B2E0D2 #DEF1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#87CEB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#87CEB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87CEB8

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87CEB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87CEB8	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC5B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBCB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73CFC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87ceb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 206, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.078 172.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acddcd',
    500: '#87ceb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87ceb8;
$custom-light: #acddcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87ceb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.408,
    "s": 42.012,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7981,
    "c": 0.0783,
    "h": 172.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87CEB8

secondary

#A1586F

accent

#305AB5

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFA

border

#D0D5D3

text

#101513

muted

#818483

Preview Lab

Preview with #87CEB8

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

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