#87DAE6#87DAE6

#87DAE6 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.082 H 207.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87DAE6
RGB	rgb(135, 218, 230)
HSL	hsl(188, 66%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(188, 41%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 5.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.38, -22.21, -13.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.38, 26.16, 211.90°)
OKLab	oklab(83.96% -0.0732 -0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(83.96% 0.082 207.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.3408, 61.0033, 84.0224)
Luminance	0.6101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87DAE6 #E69387

analogous

#87E6C3 #87DAE6 #87ABE6

triadic

#87DAE6 #E687DA #DAE687

tetradic

#87DAE6 #C387E6 #E69387 #ABE687

square

#87DAE6 #C387E6 #E69387 #ABE687

split-complementary

#87DAE6 #E687AB #E6C387

monochromatic

#2AB5C9 #54CADB #87DAE6 #BAEAF1 #E6F7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#87DAE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.20

#87DAE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87DAE6

13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87DAE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87DAE6	1.00	1.59	13.20	13.20
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD4E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC8E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5DE1DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87dae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 218, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.082 207.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aee5ed',
    500: '#87dae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87dae6;
$custom-light: #aee5ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87dae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.579,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83959,
    "c": 0.08244,
    "h": 207.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87DAE6

secondary

#BF6052

accent

#2F18CD

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFD

border

#D1D5D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #87DAE6

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

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