#81BCBE#81BCBE

#81BCBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.061 H 198.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81BCBE
RGB	rgb(129, 188, 190)
HSL	hsl(182, 32%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(182, 32%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.46, -18.44, -7.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.46, 19.76, 201.06°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% -0.0577 -0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.061 198.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.3276, 44.3492, 55.3513)
Luminance	0.4435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81BCBE #BE8381

analogous

#81BEA1 #81BCBE #819EBE

triadic

#81BCBE #BE81BC #BCBE81

tetradic

#81BCBE #A181BE #BE8381 #9EBE81

square

#81BCBE #A181BE #BE8381 #9EBE81

split-complementary

#81BCBE #BE819E #BEA181

monochromatic

#438082 #59A7A9 #81BCBE #A9D1D3 #D2E7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#81BCBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#81BCBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81BCBE

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81BCBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81BCBE	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B7BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AEBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6AC0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81bcbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 188, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.061 198.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8d0d1',
    500: '#81bcbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81bcbe;
$custom-light: #a8d0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81bcbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.967,
    "s": 31.937,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75563,
    "c": 0.06092,
    "h": 198.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81BCBE

secondary

#D8C3C2

accent

#3E3BAB

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#101414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #81BCBE

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

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