#87E5EB#87E5EB

#87E5EB is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.090 H 200.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87E5EB
RGB	rgb(135, 229, 235)
HSL	hsl(184, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(184, 43%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 2.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.60, -26.37, -11.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.60, 28.83, 203.86°)
OKLab	oklab(86.58% -0.0839 -0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(86.58% 0.09 200.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.0007, 67.1836, 88.7560)
Luminance	0.6719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87E5EB #EB8D87

analogous

#87EBBF #87E5EB #87B3EB

triadic

#87E5EB #EB87E5 #E5EB87

tetradic

#87E5EB #BF87EB #EB8D87 #B3EB87

square

#87E5EB #BF87EB #EB8D87 #B3EB87

split-complementary

#87E5EB #EB87B3 #EBBF87

monochromatic

#23CAD4 #53DAE2 #87E5EB #BBF0F4 #E5F9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#87E5EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.44

#87E5EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87E5EB

14.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87E5EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87E5EB	1.00	1.45	14.44	14.44
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9DDEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7D1EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57EBE7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87e5eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 229, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.090 200.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afedf1',
    500: '#87e5eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87e5eb;
$custom-light: #afedf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87e5eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.6,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86583,
    "c": 0.08983,
    "h": 200.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87E5EB

secondary

#C55851

accent

#1E12D3

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F8FEFE

border

#D1D6D6

text

#111616

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #87E5EB

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

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