#81CBCD#81CBCD

#81CBCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.074 H 198.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81CBCD
RGB	rgb(129, 203, 205)
HSL	hsl(182, 43%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(182, 37%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.15, -22.42, -8.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.15, 23.90, 200.26°)
OKLab	oklab(79.46% -0.0701 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(79.46% 0.074 198)
XYZ	xyz(41.4246, 51.7840, 65.5582)
Luminance	0.5179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81CBCD #CD8381

analogous

#81CDA9 #81CBCD #81A5CD

triadic

#81CBCD #CD81CB #CBCD81

tetradic

#81CBCD #A981CD #CD8381 #A5CD81

square

#81CBCD #A981CD #CD8381 #A5CD81

split-complementary

#81CBCD #CD81A5 #CDA981

monochromatic

#3C9597 #55B9BC #81CBCD #ADDDDE #D9EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#81CBCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#81CBCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81CBCD

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81CBCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81CBCD	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C5CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BACE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61D0CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81cbcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 203, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.074 198.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9dbdc',
    500: '#81cbcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81cbcd;
$custom-light: #a9dbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81cbcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.579,
    "s": 43.182,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79457,
    "c": 0.07374,
    "h": 198
  },
  "luminance": 0.51787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81CBCD

secondary

#9E5654

accent

#332FB6

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#101515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #81CBCD

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

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