#81BCBD#81BCBD

#81BCBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.061 H 197.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81BCBD
RGB	rgb(129, 188, 189)
HSL	hsl(181, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(181, 32%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.43, -18.68, -6.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.43, 19.81, 199.45°)
OKLab	oklab(75.53% -0.0581 -0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(75.53% 0.061 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.2186, 44.3056, 54.7776)
Luminance	0.4431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81BCBD #BD8281

analogous

#81BDA0 #81BCBD #819EBD

triadic

#81BCBD #BD81BC #BCBD81

tetradic

#81BCBD #A081BD #BD8281 #9EBD81

square

#81BCBD #A081BD #BD8281 #9EBD81

split-complementary

#81BCBD #BD819E #BDA081

monochromatic

#437F80 #59A7A8 #81BCBD #A9D1D2 #D1E7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#81BCBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#81BCBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81BCBD

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81BCBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81BCBD	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B7BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AEBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BC0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81bcbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 188, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.061 197.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81bcbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181,
    "s": 31.25,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7553,
    "c": 0.0609,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81BCBD

secondary

#D8C2C2

accent

#3D3CAA

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#101414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #81BCBD

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