#87DFEF#87DFEF

#87DFEF is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.087 H 210.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87DFEF
RGB	rgb(135, 223, 239)
HSL	hsl(189, 76%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(189, 44%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 6.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.05, -22.42, -16.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.05, 27.60, 215.68°)
OKLab	oklab(85.38% -0.0755 -0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(85.38% 0.088 210.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.9535, 64.1543, 91.2899)
Luminance	0.6416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87DFEF #EF9787

analogous

#87EFCB #87DFEF #87ABEF

triadic

#87DFEF #EF87DF #DFEF87

tetradic

#87DFEF #CB87EF #EF9787 #ABEF87

square

#87DFEF #CB87EF #EF9787 #ABEF87

split-complementary

#87DFEF #EF87AB #EFCB87

monochromatic

#1EC0DE #51D1E8 #87DFEF #BDEDF6 #E4F8FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#87DFEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.83

#87DFEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87DFEF

13.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87DFEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87DFEF	1.00	1.52	13.83	13.83
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1D9F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0CCEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56E7E4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87dfef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 223, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.087 210.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afe9f4',
    500: '#87dfef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87dfef;
$custom-light: #afe9f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87dfef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.231,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85381,
    "c": 0.0875,
    "h": 210.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87DFEF

secondary

#CA6350

accent

#2C0DD9

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #87DFEF

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

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