Information about #81B9BD color

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Basic facts about this digital color

#81B9BD falls into the Cyan Color Family — Mild Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(129, 185, 189) — 50.6% red, 72.5% green, 74.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 24 / 2 / 0 / 26. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #81B9BD reads as a mildly saturated aqua cyan and floats near the light end of the scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Neptune (#7CB7BB). Nearby in the Register you will also find Glacier (#78B1BF) and Metallic Glacier (#89B1C2).

The recipe behind #81B9BD is rgb(129, 185, 189), with blue as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 9.6:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.2:1. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#81B9BD color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#81B9BD color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#81B9BD color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#81B9BD color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#81B9BD color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#81B9BD color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes
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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
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#BCA280
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Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme
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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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Nearest named colors to #81B9BD

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Neptune color link
Neptune

#7CB7BB

Glacier color link
Glacier

#78B1BF

Metallic Glacier color link
Metallic Glacier

#89B1C2

Cold Front Green color link
Cold Front Green

#85B3B2

Moby color link
Moby

#8EB2BE

Blue Hosta color link
Blue Hosta

#77BFC7

Monte Carlo color link
Monte Carlo

#7AC5B4

Kumutoto color link
Kumutoto

#78AFB2

Northern Lights Blue color link
Northern Lights Blue

#78C7C7

Pewter Blue color link
Pewter Blue

#8BA8B7

Refresh color link
Refresh

#71B8CA

Pale Teal color link
Pale Teal

#82CBB2

#81B9BD color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#81B9BD
  • RGB129, 185, 189
  • CMYK24, 2, 0, 26
  • CSSrgb(129, 185, 189)
  • HSL184°, 31%, 62%
  • HSL Precise184°, 31.25%, 62.353%
  • HSV184°, 32%, 74%
  • HSB184°, 32%, 74%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.506
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.725
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.741
  • GLSLvec3(0.506, 0.725, 0.741)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.506, 0.725, 0.741, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.506, 0.725, 0.741)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB50.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB72.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB74.1%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX ID81B9BD
  • DECIMAL ID8501693
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers11 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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