#81B2C0#81B2C0

#81B2C0 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.056 H 217.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81B2C0
RGB	rgb(129, 178, 192)
HSL	hsl(193, 33%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(193, 33%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 7.3%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, -12.74, -12.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 17.73, 224.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% -0.0441 -0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.056 217.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.4850, 40.3118, 55.8228)
Luminance	0.4031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81B2C0 #C08F81

analogous

#81C0AE #81B2C0 #8192C0

triadic

#81B2C0 #C081B2 #B2C081

tetradic

#81B2C0 #AE81C0 #C08F81 #92C081

square

#81B2C0 #AE81C0 #C08F81 #92C081

split-complementary

#81B2C0 #C08192 #C0AE81

monochromatic

#427684 #5899AC #81B2C0 #AACBD4 #D3E4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#81B2C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#81B2C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81B2C0

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81B2C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81B2C0	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AFC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA7C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BB7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81b2c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 178, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.056 217.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7c9d3',
    500: '#81b2c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81b2c0;
$custom-light: #a7c9d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81b2c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73377,
    "c": 0.05556,
    "h": 217.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81B2C0

secondary

#DAC8C3

accent

#5339AC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #81B2C0

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

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