#81BCBC#81BCBC

#81BCBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.061 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81BCBC
RGB	rgb(129, 188, 188)
HSL	hsl(180, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(180, 31%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 0%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.40, -18.92, -6.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.40, 19.87, 197.85°)
OKLab	oklab(75.5% -0.0586 -0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(75.5% 0.061 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.1105, 44.2623, 54.2079)
Luminance	0.4426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81BCBC #BC8181

analogous

#81BC9F #81BCBC #819FBC

triadic

#81BCBC #BC81BC #BCBC81

tetradic

#81BCBC #9F81BC #BC8181 #9FBC81

square

#81BCBC #9F81BC #BC8181 #9FBC81

split-complementary

#81BCBC #BC819F #BC9F81

monochromatic

#447F7F #59A7A7 #81BCBC #A9D1D1 #D1E6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#81BCBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#81BCBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81BCBC

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81BCBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81BCBC	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B6BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AEBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BC0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81bcbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 188, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.061 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8d0d0',
    500: '#81bcbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81bcbc;
$custom-light: #a8d0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81bcbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 30.57,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75498,
    "c": 0.0609,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81BCBC

secondary

#D7C2C2

accent

#3C3CA9

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#101414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #81BCBC

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

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