#81ACBC#81ACBC

#81ACBC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.052 H 222.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81ACBC
RGB	rgb(129, 172, 188)
HSL	hsl(196, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(196, 31%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 8.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.87, -10.53, -12.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.87, 16.61, 230.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% -0.0379 -0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.052 222.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.8800, 37.8014, 53.1311)
Luminance	0.3780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81ACBC #BC9181

analogous

#81BCAF #81ACBC #818FBC

triadic

#81ACBC #BC81AC #ACBC81

tetradic

#81ACBC #AF81BC #BC9181 #8FBC81

square

#81ACBC #AF81BC #BC9181 #8FBC81

split-complementary

#81ACBC #BC818F #BCAF81

monochromatic

#446F7F #5992A7 #81ACBC #A9C6D1 #D1E1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#81ACBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#81ACBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81ACBC

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81ACBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81ACBC	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA2BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DB1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81acbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 172, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.052 222.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7c4d0',
    500: '#81acbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81acbc;
$custom-light: #a7c4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81acbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.271,
    "s": 30.57,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71893,
    "c": 0.05167,
    "h": 222.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81ACBC

secondary

#D7C7C2

accent

#5A3CA9

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101214

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #81ACBC

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

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