#81aaa6

Color #81aaa6

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 8.95 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 10.4

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Conversions

HEX

#81aaa6

RGB

rgb(129, 170, 166)

HSL

hsl(174.1, 19.4%, 58.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(174.1, 24.1%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.1%, 0%, 2.4%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(66.65, -14.65, -2.46)

LCH

lch(66.65, 14.86, 189.53)

OKLCH

oklch(70.7%, 0.0447, 188.75)

HWB

hwb(174.1, 50.6%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aa8185

Analogous

#81aa91

#81aaa6

#8199aa

Triadic

#81aaa6

#a681aa

#aaa681

Split-complementary

#81aaa6

#aa8199

#aa9181

Tetradic

#81aaa6

#8185aa

#aa8185

#aaa681

Square

#81aaa6

#9181aa

#aa8185

#99aa81

Shades

Color #81aaa6 mixed toward black.

#649590

#507773

#3c5956

#283b3a

#141e1d

Tints

Color #81aaa6 mixed toward white.

#96b8b5

#abc6c4

#c0d4d2

#d5e3e1

#eaf1f0

Tones

Color #81aaa6 mixed toward gray.

#84a6a3

#88a3a0

#8ba09e

#8f9c9b

#929998

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.23:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.23:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9595a7 · ΔE 20.2

Deuteranopia

#928fa7 · ΔE 23.1

Tritanopia

#83a8a8 · ΔE 2.3

Achromatopsia

#a2a2a2 · ΔE 14.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #81aaa6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#81aaa6]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#81aaa6 (#81aaa6) is rgb(129, 170, 166) in RGB.

No, #81aaa6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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