#87CEDB#87CEDB

#87CEDB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.073 H 210.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87CEDB
RGB	rgb(135, 206, 219)
HSL	hsl(189, 54%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(189, 38%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 5.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.70, -18.93, -13.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.70, 23.23, 215.44°)
OKLab	oklab(80.91% -0.0632 -0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(80.91% 0.073 210.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.8446, 54.4050, 75.1423)
Luminance	0.5441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87CEDB #DB9487

analogous

#87DBBE #87CEDB #87A4DB

triadic

#87CEDB #DB87CE #CEDB87

tetradic

#87CEDB #BE87DB #DB9487 #A4DB87

square

#87CEDB #BE87DB #DB9487 #A4DB87

split-complementary

#87CEDB #DB87A4 #DBBE87

monochromatic

#359FB2 #58BBCD #87CEDB #B6E1E9 #E5F4F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#87CEDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#87CEDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87CEDB

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87CEDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87CEDB	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C9DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BEDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65D4D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87cedb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 206, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.073 210.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#addde6',
    500: '#87cedb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87cedb;
$custom-light: #addde6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87cedb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.286,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80907,
    "c": 0.07324,
    "h": 210.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87CEDB

secondary

#B26354

accent

#3D24C1

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#111515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #87CEDB

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

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