#81BBCD#81BBCD

#81BBCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.065 H 219.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81BBCD
RGB	rgb(129, 187, 205)
HSL	hsl(194, 43%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(194, 37%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 8.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.64, -14.23, -15.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.64, 20.70, 226.56°)
OKLab	oklab(75.85% -0.0505 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(75.85% 0.065 219.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.8393, 44.6133, 64.3631)
Luminance	0.4462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81BBCD #CD9381

analogous

#81CDB9 #81BBCD #8195CD

triadic

#81BBCD #CD81BB #BBCD81

tetradic

#81BBCD #B981CD #CD9381 #95CD81

square

#81BBCD #B981CD #CD9381 #95CD81

split-complementary

#81BBCD #CD8195 #CDB981

monochromatic

#3C8297 #55A3BC #81BBCD #ADD3DE #D9EAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#81BBCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#81BBCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81BBCD

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81BBCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81BBCD	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B8CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64C1C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81bbcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 187, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.065 219.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8cfdc',
    500: '#81bbcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81bbcd;
$custom-light: #a8cfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81bbcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.211,
    "s": 43.182,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75854,
    "c": 0.0652,
    "h": 219.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81BBCD

secondary

#E2CEC8

accent

#4F2FB6

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #81BBCD

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

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