Information about #81DFDF color

#81DFDF color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#81DFDF falls into the Cyan Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(129, 223, 223) — 50.6% red, 87.5% green, 87.5% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 37 / 0 / 0 / 13. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #81DFDF reads as a confidently colored water-like cyan and appears airy and pastel-like. Designers typically reach for tones like this for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Vibrant Soft Blue (#88D6DC). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Medium Sky Blue (#80DAEB) and Light Arctic Blue (#8BDCE7).

The recipe behind #81DFDF is rgb(129, 223, 223), with green as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #81DFDF: 13.6:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.5:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #81DFDF is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#81DFDF color variations

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

#81DFDF 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

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

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

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

Tetradic

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

Tetradic color scheme

Square

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

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #81DFDF

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

#81DFDF color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#81DFDF
  • RGB129, 223, 223
  • CMYK37, 0, 0, 13
  • HSL180°, 59%, 69%
  • HSL Precise180°, 59.494%, 69.02%
  • HSV180°, 42%, 87%
  • HSB180°, 42%, 87%
  • HEX ID81DFDF
  • DECIMAL ID8511455
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Color Family (Hue)Cyan
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • Percentage of Red in RGB50.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB87.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB87.5%
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