#87CED3#87CED3

#87CED3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.071 H 201.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87CED3
RGB	rgb(135, 206, 211)
HSL	hsl(184, 46%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(184, 36%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 2.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.46, -20.90, -9.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.46, 22.97, 204.52°)
OKLab	oklab(80.64% -0.0664 -0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(80.64% 0.071 201.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.8167, 53.9938, 69.7284)
Luminance	0.5400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87CED3 #D38C87

analogous

#87D3B2 #87CED3 #87A8D3

triadic

#87CED3 #D387CE #CED387

tetradic

#87CED3 #B287D3 #D38C87 #A8D387

square

#87CED3 #B287D3 #D38C87 #A8D387

split-complementary

#87CED3 #D387A8 #D3B287

monochromatic

#3C9DA4 #5ABCC3 #87CED3 #B4E0E3 #E1F3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#87CED3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#87CED3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87CED3

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87CED3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87CED3	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C8D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BED3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69D3CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87ced3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 206, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.071 201.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#addde0',
    500: '#87ced3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87ced3;
$custom-light: #addde0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87ced3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.947,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80637,
    "c": 0.07136,
    "h": 201.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87CED3

secondary

#A85B56

accent

#352CBA

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #87CED3

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

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