#87CECE#87CECE

#87CECE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.071 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87CECE
RGB	rgb(135, 206, 206)
HSL	hsl(180, 42%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(180, 34%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 0%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.31, -22.10, -7.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.31, 23.20, 197.72°)
OKLab	oklab(80.47% -0.0684 -0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(80.47% 0.071 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.1996, 53.7470, 66.4784)
Luminance	0.5375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87CECE #CE8787

analogous

#87CEAB #87CECE #87ABCE

triadic

#87CECE #CE87CE #CECE87

tetradic

#87CECE #AB87CE #CE8787 #ABCE87

square

#87CECE #AB87CE #CE8787 #ABCE87

split-complementary

#87CECE #CE87AB #CEAB87

monochromatic

#3F9B9B #5CBCBC #87CECE #B2E0E0 #DEF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#87CECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#87CECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87CECE

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87CECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87CECE	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BECF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BD2CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87cece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 206, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.071 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#addddc',
    500: '#87cece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87cece;
$custom-light: #addddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87cece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 42.012,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80473,
    "c": 0.07113,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87CECE

secondary

#A15858

accent

#3030B5

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #87CECE

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

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