#81BDCB#81BDCB

#81BDCB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.065 H 213.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81BDCB
RGB	rgb(129, 189, 203)
HSL	hsl(191, 42%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(191, 36%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 6.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.14, -15.78, -13.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.14, 20.56, 219.89°)
OKLab	oklab(76.23% -0.0538 -0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(76.23% 0.065 213.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.0266, 45.3718, 63.2422)
Luminance	0.4537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81BDCB #CB8F81

analogous

#81CBB4 #81BDCB #8198CB

triadic

#81BDCB #CB81BD #BDCB81

tetradic

#81BDCB #B481CB #CB8F81 #98CB81

square

#81BDCB #B481CB #CB8F81 #98CB81

split-complementary

#81BDCB #CB8198 #CBB481

monochromatic

#3D8494 #56A6B9 #81BDCB #ACD4DD #D8EAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#81BDCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#81BDCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81BDCB

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81BDCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81BDCB	1.00	2.08	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B9CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B0CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65C3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81bdcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 189, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.065 213.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8d1da',
    500: '#81bdcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81bdcb;
$custom-light: #a8d1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81bdcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.351,
    "s": 41.573,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76231,
    "c": 0.06479,
    "h": 213.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81BDCB

secondary

#E0CCC7

accent

#4A31B5

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FA

border

#CED2D3

text

#101414

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #81BDCB

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

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