#81BCAC#81BCAC

#81BCAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.066 H 175.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81BCAC
RGB	rgb(129, 188, 172)
HSL	hsl(164, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(164, 31%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 0%, 8.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.97, -22.57, 2.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.97, 22.66, 174.91°)
OKLab	oklab(75% -0.0653 0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.066 175.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.4803, 43.6103, 45.6225)
Luminance	0.4361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81BCAC #BC8191

analogous

#81BC8F #81BCAC #81AFBC

triadic

#81BCAC #AC81BC #BCAC81

tetradic

#81BCAC #8F81BC #BC8191 #AFBC81

square

#81BCAC #8F81BC #BC8191 #AFBC81

split-complementary

#81BCAC #BC81AF #BC8F81

monochromatic

#447F6F #59A792 #81BCAC #A9D1C6 #D1E6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#81BCAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#81BCAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81BCAC

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81BCAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81BCAC	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B5AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADADAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70BDB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81bcac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 188, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.066 175.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7d0c4',
    500: '#81bcac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81bcac;
$custom-light: #a7d0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81bcac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.729,
    "s": 30.57,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75004,
    "c": 0.06551,
    "h": 175.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81BCAC

secondary

#D7C2C7

accent

#3C5AA9

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#101412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #81BCAC

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

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