#87FDBE is a soft, cool 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 #87FDBE works with other colors. Named schemes with #87FDBE in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Aquamarine leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Aquamarine opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Aquamarine keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal anchor.
This palette keeps Aquamarine as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Aquamarine 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 Aquamarine carrying the quiet middle.
How #87FDBE 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 #87FDBE at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #87FDBE;
--color-base-rgb: 135 253 190;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(90.8% 0.140 158.6);
--color-50: #F0FEF7;
--color-100: #D8FDE9;
--color-200: #B1FCD4;
--color-300: #79F6B3;
--color-400: #49E994;
--color-500: #25D075;
--color-600: #259D5D;
--color-700: #206F45;
--color-800: #19482F;
--color-900: #112C1E;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
aquamarine: {
50: '#F0FEF7',
100: '#D8FDE9',
200: '#B1FCD4',
300: '#79F6B3',
400: '#49E994',
500: '#25D075',
600: '#259D5D',
700: '#206F45',
800: '#19482F',
900: '#112C1E',
},
}
$base: #87FDBE; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F0FEF7; $base-100: #D8FDE9; $base-200: #B1FCD4; $base-300: #79F6B3; $base-400: #49E994; $base-500: #25D075; $base-600: #259D5D; $base-700: #206F45; $base-800: #19482F; $base-900: #112C1E; $base-hover: #3AFC95; $base-subtle: #DFFAEC;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#87FDBE",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F0FEF7",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#D8FDE9",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#B1FCD4",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#79F6B3",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#49E994",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#25D075",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#259D5D",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#206F45",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#19482F",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#112C1E",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}