#81BBCB#81BBCB

#81BBCB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.064 H 216.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81BBCB
RGB	rgb(129, 187, 203)
HSL	hsl(193, 42%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(193, 36%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 7.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.57, -14.74, -14.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.57, 20.35, 223.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% -0.0513 -0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.064 216.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.5994, 44.5173, 63.0998)
Luminance	0.4452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81BBCB #CB9181

analogous

#81CBB6 #81BBCB #8196CB

triadic

#81BBCB #CB81BB #BBCB81

tetradic

#81BBCB #B681CB #CB9181 #96CB81

square

#81BBCB #B681CB #CB9181 #96CB81

split-complementary

#81BBCB #CB8196 #CBB681

monochromatic

#3D8294 #56A4B9 #81BBCB #ACD2DD #D8EAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#81BBCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#81BBCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81BBCB

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81BBCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81BBCB	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B7CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65C1C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81bbcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 187, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.064 216.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8cfda',
    500: '#81bbcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81bbcb;
$custom-light: #a8cfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81bbcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.973,
    "s": 41.573,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75783,
    "c": 0.0641,
    "h": 216.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81BBCB

secondary

#E0CDC7

accent

#4D31B5

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FA

border

#CED2D3

text

#101314

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #81BBCB

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

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