#81CED5#81CED5

#81CED5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.077 H 203.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81CED5
RGB	rgb(129, 206, 213)
HSL	hsl(185, 50%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(185, 39%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 3.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.23, -21.96, -10.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.23, 24.55, 206.55°)
OKLab	oklab(80.4% -0.0705 -0.0301)
OKLCH	oklch(80.4% 0.077 203.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.1304, 53.6108, 71.0131)
Luminance	0.5361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81CED5 #D58881

analogous

#81D5B2 #81CED5 #81A4D5

triadic

#81CED5 #D581CE #CED581

tetradic

#81CED5 #B281D5 #D58881 #A4D581

square

#81CED5 #B281D5 #D58881 #A4D581

split-complementary

#81CED5 #D581A4 #D5B281

monochromatic

#379CA5 #53BCC6 #81CED5 #AFE0E4 #DDF2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#81CED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#81CED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81CED5

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81CED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81CED5	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C8D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BDD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5DD4D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81ced5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 206, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.077 203.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9dde1',
    500: '#81ced5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81ced5;
$custom-light: #a9dde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81ced5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80401,
    "c": 0.07667,
    "h": 203.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81CED5

secondary

#A95951

accent

#3528BD

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #81CED5

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

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