#81b6be

Color #81b6be

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 10.78 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 10.1

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Conversions

HEX

#81b6be

RGB

rgb(129, 182, 190)

HSL

hsl(187.9, 31.9%, 62.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.9, 32.1%, 74.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.1%, 4.2%, 0%, 25.5%)

LAB

lab(70.76, -15.33, -9.63)

LCH

lch(70.76, 18.1, 212.14)

OKLCH

oklch(74.2%, 0.0566, 207.7)

HWB

hwb(187.9, 50.6%, 25.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#be8981

Analogous

#81bea7

#81b6be

#8197be

Triadic

#81b6be

#be81b6

#b6be81

Split-complementary

#81b6be

#be8197

#bea781

Tetradic

#81b6be

#8981be

#be8981

#b6be81

Square

#81b6be

#a781be

#be8981

#97be81

Shades

Color #81b6be mixed toward black.

#5ea2ac

#48838c

#366269

#244246

#122123

Tints

Color #81b6be mixed toward white.

#96c2c9

#abced4

#c0dade

#d5e7e9

#eaf3f4

Tones

Color #81b6be mixed toward gray.

#86b2b9

#8baeb4

#90abaf

#95a7aa

#9aa3a4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.37:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.37:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9bbc · ΔE 22.5

Deuteranopia

#9894bc · ΔE 24.3

Tritanopia

#84bbba · ΔE 4.2

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 15.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #81b6be;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#81b6be]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Light Blue #add8e6

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#81b6be (#81b6be) is rgb(129, 182, 190) in RGB.

No, #81b6be is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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