#81a6bc

Color #81a6bc

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 12.21 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#81a6bc

RGB

rgb(129, 166, 188)

HSL

hsl(202.4, 30.6%, 62.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(202.4, 31.4%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.4%, 11.7%, 0%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(66.19, -7.29, -15.38)

LCH

lch(66.19, 17.02, 244.64)

OKLCH

oklch(70.6%, 0.0517, 234.53)

HWB

hwb(202.4, 50.6%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bc9781

Analogous

#81bcb5

#81a6bc

#8189bc

Triadic

#81a6bc

#bc81a6

#a6bc81

Split-complementary

#81a6bc

#bc8189

#bcb581

Tetradic

#81a6bc

#9781bc

#bc9781

#a6bc81

Square

#81a6bc

#b581bc

#bc9781

#89bc81

Shades

Color #81a6bc mixed toward black.

#5f8eaa

#49728a

#375568

#253945

#121c23

Tints

Color #81a6bc mixed toward white.

#96b5c7

#abc4d2

#c0d3de

#d5e1e9

#eaf0f4

Tones

Color #81a6bc mixed toward gray.

#86a5b7

#8ba4b2

#90a2ad

#95a1a8

#9aa0a4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.59:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.11:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.11:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9293b7 · ΔE 15.8

Deuteranopia

#908db6 · ΔE 17.4

Tritanopia

#83b3b2 · ΔE 11.7

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 13.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #81a6bc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#81a6bc]

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Frequently asked questions

#81a6bc (#81a6bc) is rgb(129, 166, 188) in RGB.

No, #81a6bc is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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