#81BCBF#81BCBF

#81BCBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.061 H 200.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81BCBF
RGB	rgb(129, 188, 191)
HSL	hsl(183, 33%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(183, 32%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.49, -18.20, -7.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.49, 19.73, 202.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.6% -0.0573 -0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(75.6% 0.061 200)
XYZ	xyz(36.4372, 44.3930, 55.9289)
Luminance	0.4440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81BCBF #BF8481

analogous

#81BFA3 #81BCBF #819DBF

triadic

#81BCBF #BF81BC #BCBF81

tetradic

#81BCBF #A381BF #BF8481 #9DBF81

square

#81BCBF #A381BF #BF8481 #9DBF81

split-complementary

#81BCBF #BF819D #BFA381

monochromatic

#438083 #58A6AA #81BCBF #AAD2D4 #D2E7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#81BCBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#81BCBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81BCBF

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81BCBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81BCBF	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B7BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AEBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6AC0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81bcbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 188, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.061 200.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8d0d2',
    500: '#81bcbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81bcbf;
$custom-light: #a8d0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81bcbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.903,
    "s": 32.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75596,
    "c": 0.06099,
    "h": 200
  },
  "luminance": 0.44395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81BCBF

secondary

#D9C4C3

accent

#403AAB

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#101414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #81BCBF

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

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