#87CEDA#87CEDA

#87CEDA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.073 H 209.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87CEDA
RGB	rgb(135, 206, 218)
HSL	hsl(189, 53%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(189, 38%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 5.5%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.67, -19.18, -12.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.67, 23.16, 214.09°)
OKLab	oklab(80.87% -0.0636 -0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(80.87% 0.073 209.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.7134, 54.3525, 74.4510)
Luminance	0.5435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87CEDA #DA9387

analogous

#87DABD #87CEDA #87A5DA

triadic

#87CEDA #DA87CE #CEDA87

tetradic

#87CEDA #BD87DA #DA9387 #A5DA87

square

#87CEDA #BD87DA #DA9387 #A5DA87

split-complementary

#87CEDA #DA87A5 #DABD87

monochromatic

#369FB0 #58BBCC #87CEDA #B6E1E8 #E5F4F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#87CEDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#87CEDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87CEDA

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87CEDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87CEDA	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C9DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BEDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65D4D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87ceda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 206, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.073 209.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#addde5',
    500: '#87ceda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87ceda;
$custom-light: #addde5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87ceda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.675,
    "s": 52.866,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80872,
    "c": 0.07291,
    "h": 209.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87CEDA

secondary

#B16255

accent

#3C25C0

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#111515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #87CEDA

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

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