#87ECEA#87ECEA

#87ECEA is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.711; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.095 H 193.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87ECEA
RGB	rgb(135, 236, 234)
HSL	hsl(179, 73%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(179, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.8%, 0%, 0.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.52, -29.99, -8.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.52, 31.11, 195.42°)
OKLab	oklab(88.12% -0.0922 -0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(88.12% 0.095 193.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.8326, 71.0780, 88.6559)
Luminance	0.7108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87ECEA #EC8789

analogous

#87ECB7 #87ECEA #87BBEC

triadic

#87ECEA #EA87EC #ECEA87

tetradic

#87ECEA #B787EC #EC8789 #BBEC87

square

#87ECEA #B787EC #EC8789 #BBEC87

split-complementary

#87ECEA #EC87BB #ECB787

monochromatic

#22D7D3 #52E4E1 #87ECEA #BCF4F3 #E5FBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#87ECEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.22

#87ECEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87ECEA

15.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87ECEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87ECEA	1.00	1.38	15.22	15.22
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1E3EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFD6EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56F1EB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87ecea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 236, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.095 193.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0f2f0',
    500: '#87ecea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87ecea;
$custom-light: #b0f2f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87ecea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.812,
    "s": 72.662,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8812,
    "c": 0.09504,
    "h": 193.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.71082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87ECEA

secondary

#C65153

accent

#1115D5

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F8FEFE

border

#D1D6D6

text

#111716

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #87ECEA

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

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