#81C8CD#81C8CD

#81C8CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.071 H 201.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81C8CD
RGB	rgb(129, 200, 205)
HSL	hsl(184, 43%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(184, 37%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 2.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.30, -20.92, -9.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.30, 22.99, 204.52°)
OKLab	oklab(78.78% -0.0665 -0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(78.78% 0.071 201.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.7230, 50.3808, 65.3244)
Luminance	0.5038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81C8CD #CD8681

analogous

#81CDAC #81C8CD #81A2CD

triadic

#81C8CD #CD81C8 #C8CD81

tetradic

#81C8CD #AC81CD #CD8681 #A2CD81

square

#81C8CD #AC81CD #CD8681 #A2CD81

split-complementary

#81C8CD #CD81A2 #CDAC81

monochromatic

#3C9197 #55B5BC #81C8CD #ADDBDE #D9EEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#81C8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#81C8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81C8CD

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81C8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81C8CD	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B8CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62CDC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81c8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 200, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.071 201.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9d9dc',
    500: '#81c8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81c8cd;
$custom-light: #a9d9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81c8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.947,
    "s": 43.182,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78777,
    "c": 0.07148,
    "h": 201.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81C8CD

secondary

#9E5954

accent

#382FB6

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#101415

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #81C8CD

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

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