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#81BBAB

#81bbab ≈ Medium Aquamarine

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Balanced
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#81bbab is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 50.59% red, 73.33% green and 67.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 31.02% cyan, 0% magenta, 8.56% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 163.45°, with 29.9% saturation and 61.96% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.63:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Aquamarine (#66cdaa), ΔE 8.11.

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Web safe#99cc99
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Relative luminance0.4315

Complementary

  1. #81bbab
  2. #bb8191

Split complementary

  1. #81bbab
  2. #bb81ae
  3. #bb8e81

Analogous

  1. #81bb8e
  2. #81bbab
  3. #81aebb

Triadic

  1. #81bbab
  2. #ab81bb
  3. #bbab81

Tetradic

  1. #81bbab
  2. #8191bb
  3. #bb8191
  4. #bbab81

Square

  1. #81bbab
  2. #8e81bb
  3. #bb8191
  4. #aebb81

Monochromatic

  1. #396a5c
  2. #549c88
  3. #81bbab
  4. #b3d6cc
  5. #e4f1ed

Shades

#81bbab mixed progressively with black.

  1. #81bbab
  2. #74a89a
  3. #679689
  4. #5a8378
  5. #4d7067
  6. #415e56
  7. #344b44
  8. #273833
  9. #1a2522
  10. #0d1311
  11. #000000

Tints

#81bbab mixed progressively with white.

  1. #81bbab
  2. #8ec2b3
  3. #9ac9bc
  4. #a7cfc4
  5. #b3d6cd
  6. #c0ddd5
  7. #cde4dd
  8. #d9ebe6
  9. #e6f1ee
  10. #f2f8f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#81bbab mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #81bbab
  2. #81b5a7
  3. #81afa2
  4. #81a99e
  5. #81a39a
  6. #819e96
  7. #809891
  8. #80928d
  9. #808c89
  10. #808684
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.63:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9fb4ae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b7b4aa ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #adacac ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #71bcb6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a4b7ab ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9db2ac ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #78bcb2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-81bbab {
  color: #81bbab;
}
Background
.bg-81bbab {
  background-color: #81bbab;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-81bbab {
  border: 2px solid #81bbab;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #81bbab;
  --color-primary-rgb: 129 187 171;
  --color-primary-hsl: 163 30% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-81bbab {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #81bbab, #81aebb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-81bbab {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(129 187 171 / 0.35);
}

#66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 8.11 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 8.41 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 8.93 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 9.71 #8fbc8f Dark Sea Green ΔE 9.83 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 10.06 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 10.07 #7e4454 Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Medium Aquamarine
#81bbab  rgb(129, 187, 171)  hsl(163, 30%, 62%)  Medium Aquamarine
#bb8191  rgb(187, 129, 145)  hsl(343, 30%, 62%)  Puce
#ab81bb  rgb(171, 129, 187)  hsl(283, 30%, 62%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#bbab81  rgb(187, 171, 129)  hsl(43, 30%, 62%)  Ecru