#87EC91 is a mid-toned, temperate teal-green. On the Color Lab it reads organic and grounded. It is too pale to lead as a primary accent and sits well as a supporting tone.
Not just a swatch — here's how #87EC91 works with other colors. Named schemes with #87EC91 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Light Green leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Light Green opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Light Green sets a calm, sun-bleached base here, wrapped in bone and paper off-whites and a soft greige, with a single ink accent for wabi-sabi restraint.
This palette keeps Light Green as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Light Green is the single accent in this high-contrast editorial system — set on near-white paper against near-black ink, with a warm grey and a desaturated tint of Light Green carrying the quiet middle.
How #87EC91 actually behaves in design work — read from its OKLCH lightness, chroma and hue, not just its raw numbers. Ten signals to help you decide where this color earns its place.
Not a swatch to memorise — a color to build with. Here is #87EC91 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #87EC91;
--color-base-rgb: 135 236 145;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(85.9% 0.157 146.2);
--color-50: #F1FDF2;
--color-100: #DBFADE;
--color-200: #B9F4BE;
--color-300: #88E792;
--color-400: #5DD569;
--color-500: #3ABB47;
--color-600: #338E3D;
--color-700: #2A6530;
--color-800: #1F4222;
--color-900: #152817;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
light-green: {
50: '#F1FDF2',
100: '#DBFADE',
200: '#B9F4BE',
300: '#88E792',
400: '#5DD569',
500: '#3ABB47',
600: '#338E3D',
700: '#2A6530',
800: '#1F4222',
900: '#152817',
},
}
$base: #87EC91; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F1FDF2; $base-100: #DBFADE; $base-200: #B9F4BE; $base-300: #88E792; $base-400: #5DD569; $base-500: #3ABB47; $base-600: #338E3D; $base-700: #2A6530; $base-800: #1F4222; $base-900: #152817; $base-hover: #47E257; $base-subtle: #DFF6E1;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#87EC91",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F1FDF2",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#DBFADE",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#B9F4BE",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#88E792",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#5DD569",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#3ABB47",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#338E3D",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#2A6530",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#1F4222",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#152817",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}