#87CECC#87CECC

#87CECC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.071 H 193.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87CECC
RGB	rgb(135, 206, 204)
HSL	hsl(178, 42%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(178, 34%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 0%, 1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.26, -22.57, -6.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.26, 23.37, 195.05°)
OKLab	oklab(80.41% -0.0693 -0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(80.41% 0.071 193.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.9582, 53.6504, 65.2070)
Luminance	0.5365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87CECC #CE8789

analogous

#87CEA9 #87CECC #87ADCE

triadic

#87CECC #CC87CE #CECC87

tetradic

#87CECC #A987CE #CE8789 #ADCE87

square

#87CECC #A987CE #CE8789 #ADCE87

split-complementary

#87CECC #CE87AD #CEA987

monochromatic

#3F9B99 #5CBCBA #87CECC #B2E0DE #DEF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#87CECC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#87CECC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87CECC

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87CECC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87CECC	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C7CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BDCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CD2CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87cecc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 206, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.071 193.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#addddb',
    500: '#87cecc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87cecc;
$custom-light: #addddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87cecc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.31,
    "s": 42.012,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80409,
    "c": 0.07124,
    "h": 193.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87CECC

secondary

#A1585A

accent

#3034B5

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#101515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #87CECC

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

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