#81c5bb

Color #81c5bb

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Medium Turquoise #48d1cc · ΔE 15.28 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 9.6

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Conversions

HEX

#81c5bb

RGB

rgb(129, 197, 187)

HSL

hsl(171.2, 37%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(171.2, 34.5%, 77.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(34.5%, 0%, 5.1%, 22.7%)

LAB

lab(74.94, -23.69, -1.81)

LCH

lch(74.94, 23.76, 184.37)

OKLCH

oklch(77.5%, 0.0705, 184.23)

HWB

hwb(171.2, 50.6%, 22.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c5818b

Analogous

#81c599

#81c5bb

#81adc5

Triadic

#81c5bb

#bb81c5

#c5bb81

Split-complementary

#81c5bb

#c581ad

#c59981

Tetradic

#81c5bb

#818bc5

#c5818b

#c5bb81

Square

#81c5bb

#9981c5

#c5818b

#adc581

Shades

Color #81c5bb mixed toward black.

#5cb4a7

#449589

#337067

#224a45

#112522

Tints

Color #81c5bb mixed toward white.

#96cfc6

#abd8d2

#c0e2dd

#d5ece8

#eaf5f4

Tones

Color #81c5bb mixed toward gray.

#87bfb7

#8cbab3

#92b4af

#98aeab

#9da9a7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.64:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.64:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a4bd · ΔE 25.8

Deuteranopia

#9f9abe · ΔE 29.1

Tritanopia

#85bfc0 · ΔE 5

Achromatopsia

#b8b8b8 · ΔE 19.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #81c5bb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#81c5bb]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#81c5bb (#81c5bb) is rgb(129, 197, 187) in RGB.

No, #81c5bb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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