#87CEBE#87CEBE

#87CEBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.075 H 178.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87CEBE
RGB	rgb(135, 206, 190)
HSL	hsl(166, 42%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(166, 34%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 0%, 7.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.88, -25.78, 0.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.88, 25.80, 178.00°)
OKLab	oklab(79.98% -0.0751 0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(79.98% 0.075 178.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.3539, 53.0087, 56.7579)
Luminance	0.5301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87CEBE #CE8797

analogous

#87CE9B #87CEBE #87BBCE

triadic

#87CEBE #BE87CE #CEBE87

tetradic

#87CEBE #9B87CE #CE8797 #BBCE87

square

#87CEBE #9B87CE #CE8797 #BBCE87

split-complementary

#87CEBE #CE87BB #CE9B87

monochromatic

#3F9B87 #5CBCA6 #87CEBE #B2E0D6 #DEF1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#87CEBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#87CEBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87CEBE

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87CEBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87CEBE	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C6BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBDBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71D0C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87cebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 206, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.075 178.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acddd1',
    500: '#87cebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87cebe;
$custom-light: #acddd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87cebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.479,
    "s": 42.012,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79982,
    "c": 0.07514,
    "h": 178.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87CEBE

secondary

#A15868

accent

#304EB5

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#101514

muted

#818483

Preview Lab

Preview with #87CEBE

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

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