#81CBCA#81CBCA

#81CBCA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.074 H 194.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81CBCA
RGB	rgb(129, 203, 202)
HSL	hsl(179, 42%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(179, 36%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 0%, 0.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.07, -23.15, -6.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.07, 24.12, 196.34°)
OKLab	oklab(79.36% -0.0714 -0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(79.36% 0.074 194.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.0660, 51.6405, 63.6693)
Luminance	0.5164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81CBCA #CB8182

analogous

#81CBA5 #81CBCA #81A7CB

triadic

#81CBCA #CA81CB #CBCA81

tetradic

#81CBCA #A581CB #CB8182 #A7CB81

square

#81CBCA #A581CB #CB8182 #A7CB81

split-complementary

#81CBCA #CB81A7 #CBA581

monochromatic

#3D9493 #56B9B8 #81CBCA #ACDDDC #D8EFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#81CBCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#81CBCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81CBCA

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81CBCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81CBCA	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C4CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63CFCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81cbca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 203, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.074 194.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9dbda',
    500: '#81cbca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81cbca;
$custom-light: #a9dbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81cbca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.189,
    "s": 41.573,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79359,
    "c": 0.07379,
    "h": 194.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81CBCA

secondary

#9B5556

accent

#3133B5

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFB

border

#D0D4D4

text

#101514

muted

#818483

Preview Lab

Preview with #81CBCA

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

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