Information about #81BAC9 color

#81BAC9 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#81BAC9 falls into the Cyan Color Family — Mild Saturation, Very Light brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(129, 186, 201) — 50.6% red, 72.9% green, 78.8% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 28 / 6 / 0 / 21. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A moderately toned water-like cyan, #81BAC9 has a delicate, washed-out lightness. 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 just a few steps away from Blue Hosta (#77BFC7). Slightly further away sit Seagull (#77B7D0) and Metallic Glacier (#89B1C2).

In RGB terms — rgb(129, 186, 201) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 9.8:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.1:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #81BAC9 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#81BAC9 color variations

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

#81BAC9 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#81BAC9 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#81BAC9 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#81BAC9 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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#81BAC9 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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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 #81BAC9

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

Blue Hosta color link
Blue Hosta

#77BFC7

Seagull color link
Seagull

#77B7D0

Metallic Glacier color link
Metallic Glacier

#89B1C2

Neptune color link
Neptune

#7CB7BB

Northern Lights Blue color link
Northern Lights Blue

#78C7C7

Refresh color link
Refresh

#71B8CA

Glacier color link
Glacier

#78B1BF

Dark Sky Blue color link
Dark Sky Blue

#8CBED6

Moby color link
Moby

#8EB2BE

Blake color link
Blake

#88A7C8

Polo Blue color link
Polo Blue

#8AA7CC

Cyan Opaque color link
Cyan Opaque

#92C7C7

#81BAC9 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#81BAC9
  • RGB129, 186, 201
  • CMYK28, 6, 0, 21
  • CSSrgb(129, 186, 201)
  • HSL193°, 40%, 65%
  • HSL Precise192.5°, 40%, 64.706%
  • HSV193°, 36%, 79%
  • HSB193°, 36%, 79%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.506
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.729
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.788
  • GLSLvec3(0.506, 0.729, 0.788)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.506, 0.729, 0.788, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.506, 0.729, 0.788)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB50.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB72.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB78.8%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX ID81BAC9
  • DECIMAL ID8501961
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers5 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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