#87CEBB#87CEBB

#87CEBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.077 H 175.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87CEBB
RGB	rgb(135, 206, 187)
HSL	hsl(164, 42%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(164, 34%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 0%, 9.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.80, -26.44, 2.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.80, 26.55, 174.81°)
OKLab	oklab(79.9% -0.0764 0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(79.9% 0.077 175.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.0294, 52.8789, 55.0488)
Luminance	0.5288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87CEBB #CE879A

analogous

#87CE98 #87CEBB #87BECE

triadic

#87CEBB #BB87CE #CEBB87

tetradic

#87CEBB #9887CE #CE879A #BECE87

square

#87CEBB #9887CE #CE879A #BECE87

split-complementary

#87CEBB #CE87BE #CE9887

monochromatic

#3F9B83 #5CBCA2 #87CEBB #B2E0D4 #DEF1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#87CEBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#87CEBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87CEBB

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87CEBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87CEBB	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C6BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBDBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72D0C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87cebb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 206, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.077 175.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acddcf',
    500: '#87cebb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87cebb;
$custom-light: #acddcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87cebb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.944,
    "s": 42.012,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79895,
    "c": 0.07662,
    "h": 175.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87CEBB

secondary

#A1586C

accent

#3054B5

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#101513

muted

#818483

Preview Lab

Preview with #87CEBB

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

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