#87DEC9#87DEC9

#87DEC9 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.090 H 176.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87DEC9
RGB	rgb(135, 222, 201)
HSL	hsl(166, 57%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(166, 39%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 0%, 9.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.70, -31.04, 2.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.70, 31.11, 176.21°)
OKLab	oklab(83.95% -0.0898 0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(83.95% 0.09 176.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.6515, 61.6073, 64.6801)
Luminance	0.6161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87DEC9 #DE879C

analogous

#87DE9D #87DEC9 #87C8DE

triadic

#87DEC9 #C987DE #DEC987

tetradic

#87DEC9 #9D87DE #DE879C #C8DE87

square

#87DEC9 #9D87DE #DE879C #C8DE87

split-complementary

#87DEC9 #DE87C8 #DE9D87

monochromatic

#33B898 #57D1B3 #87DEC9 #B7EBDF #E7F8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#87DEC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.32

#87DEC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87DEC9

13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87DEC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87DEC9	1.00	1.58	13.32	13.32
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8D4C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9C9CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6AE0D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87dec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 222, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.090 176.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aee8d9',
    500: '#87dec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87dec9;
$custom-light: #aee8d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87dec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.517,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83953,
    "c": 0.08993,
    "h": 176.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87DEC9

secondary

#B5546B

accent

#2149C4

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#111614

muted

#818483

Preview Lab

Preview with #87DEC9

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

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