#81BBCF#81BBCF

#81BBCF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.066 H 221.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81BBCF
RGB	rgb(129, 187, 207)
HSL	hsl(195, 45%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(195, 38%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 9.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.70, -13.72, -16.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.70, 21.10, 229.42°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% -0.0497 -0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.066 221.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.0822, 44.7104, 65.6427)
Luminance	0.4471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81BBCF #CF9581

analogous

#81CFBC #81BBCF #8194CF

triadic

#81BBCF #CF81BB #BBCF81

tetradic

#81BBCF #BC81CF #CF9581 #94CF81

square

#81BBCF #BC81CF #CF9581 #94CF81

split-complementary

#81BBCF #CF8194 #CFBC81

monochromatic

#3B829B #55A3BE #81BBCF #ADD3E0 #DAEBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#81BBCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#81BBCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81BBCF

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81BBCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81BBCF	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB8D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AECF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63C2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81bbcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 187, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.066 221.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8cfdd',
    500: '#81bbcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81bbcf;
$custom-light: #a8cfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81bbcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.385,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75927,
    "c": 0.0664,
    "h": 221.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81BBCF

secondary

#E3D0C9

accent

#512EB8

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #81BBCF

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

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