#87CED5#87CED5

#87CED5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.072 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87CED5
RGB	rgb(135, 206, 213)
HSL	hsl(185, 48%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(185, 37%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 3.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.52, -20.41, -10.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.52, 22.96, 207.27°)
OKLab	oklab(80.7% -0.0656 -0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(80.7% 0.072 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.0690, 54.0948, 71.0571)
Luminance	0.5410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87CED5 #D58E87

analogous

#87D5B5 #87CED5 #87A7D5

triadic

#87CED5 #D587CE #CED587

tetradic

#87CED5 #B587D5 #D58E87 #A7D587

square

#87CED5 #B587D5 #D58E87 #A7D587

split-complementary

#87CED5 #D587A7 #D5B587

monochromatic

#3A9DA7 #5ABBC5 #87CED5 #B4E1E5 #E2F3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#87CED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#87CED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87CED5

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87CED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87CED5	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C8D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BED5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68D3D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87ced5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 206, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.072 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#addde1',
    500: '#87ced5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87ced5;
$custom-light: #addde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87ced5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.385,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80703,
    "c": 0.07166,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87CED5

secondary

#AB5D55

accent

#372ABB

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #87CED5

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

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