#87CED4#87CED4

#87CED4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.071 H 202.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87CED4
RGB	rgb(135, 206, 212)
HSL	hsl(185, 47%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(185, 36%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.3%, 2.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.49, -20.65, -10.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.49, 22.96, 205.89°)
OKLab	oklab(80.67% -0.066 -0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(80.67% 0.072 202.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.9424, 54.0441, 70.3907)
Luminance	0.5405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87CED4 #D48D87

analogous

#87D4B3 #87CED4 #87A7D4

triadic

#87CED4 #D487CE #CED487

tetradic

#87CED4 #B387D4 #D48D87 #A7D487

square

#87CED4 #B387D4 #D48D87 #A7D487

split-complementary

#87CED4 #D487A7 #D4B387

monochromatic

#3B9DA5 #5ABCC4 #87CED4 #B4E0E4 #E1F3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#87CED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#87CED4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87CED4

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87CED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87CED4	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C8D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BED4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68D3D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87ced4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 206, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.071 202.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#addde1',
    500: '#87ced4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87ced4;
$custom-light: #addde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87ced4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.675,
    "s": 47.239,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8067,
    "c": 0.0715,
    "h": 202.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87CED4

secondary

#AA5C55

accent

#362BBA

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #87CED4

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

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