#87CECB#87CECB

#87CECB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.071 H 192.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87CECB
RGB	rgb(135, 206, 203)
HSL	hsl(177, 42%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(177, 34%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 0%, 1.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.23, -22.81, -5.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.23, 23.48, 193.73°)
OKLab	oklab(80.38% -0.0697 -0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(80.38% 0.071 192.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.8386, 53.6026, 64.5774)
Luminance	0.5361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87CECB #CE878A

analogous

#87CEA8 #87CECB #87AECE

triadic

#87CECB #CB87CE #CECB87

tetradic

#87CECB #A887CE #CE878A #AECE87

square

#87CECB #A887CE #CE878A #AECE87

split-complementary

#87CECB #CE87AE #CEA887

monochromatic

#3F9B97 #5CBCB8 #87CECB #B2E0DE #DEF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#87CECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#87CECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87CECB

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87CECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87CECB	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C7CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BDCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CD2CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87cecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 206, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.071 192.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adddda',
    500: '#87cecb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87cecb;
$custom-light: #adddda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87cecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.465,
    "s": 42.012,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80378,
    "c": 0.07134,
    "h": 192.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87CECB

secondary

#A1585B

accent

#3036B5

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#101514

muted

#818483

Preview Lab

Preview with #87CECB

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

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