#81BDAE#81BDAE

#81BDAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.066 H 177.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81BDAE
RGB	rgb(129, 189, 174)
HSL	hsl(165, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(165, 32%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 0%, 7.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.31, -22.63, 1.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.31, 22.67, 176.44°)
OKLab	oklab(75.29% -0.0657 0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(75.29% 0.066 177)
XYZ	xyz(34.8882, 44.1164, 46.7132)
Luminance	0.4412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81BDAE #BD8190

analogous

#81BD90 #81BDAE #81AEBD

triadic

#81BDAE #AE81BD #BDAE81

tetradic

#81BDAE #9081BD #BD8190 #AEBD81

square

#81BDAE #9081BD #BD8190 #AEBD81

split-complementary

#81BDAE #BD81AE #BD9081

monochromatic

#438071 #59A894 #81BDAE #A9D2C8 #D1E7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#81BDAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#81BDAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81BDAE

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81BDAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81BDAE	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B6AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAEAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81bdae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 189, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.066 177.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7d1c6',
    500: '#81bdae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81bdae;
$custom-light: #a7d1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81bdae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 31.25,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75293,
    "c": 0.06583,
    "h": 177
  },
  "luminance": 0.44118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81BDAE

secondary

#D8C2C7

accent

#3C57AA

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#101413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #81BDAE

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

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