#80CDEB#80CDEB

#80CDEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.087 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#80CDEB
RGB	rgb(128, 205, 235)
HSL	hsl(197, 73%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(197, 46%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 12.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.61, -16.01, -22.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.61, 27.39, 234.23°)
OKLab	oklab(80.92% -0.0617 -0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(80.92% 0.087 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.7234, 54.2466, 86.6424)
Luminance	0.5425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#80CDEB #EB9E80

analogous

#80EBD3 #80CDEB #8097EB

triadic

#80CDEB #EB80CD #CDEB80

tetradic

#80CDEB #D380EB #EB9E80 #97EB80

square

#80CDEB #D380EB #EB9E80 #97EB80

split-complementary

#80CDEB #EB8097 #EBD380

monochromatic

#219FD0 #4BB8E3 #80CDEB #B5E2F3 #E5F5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#80CDEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#80CDEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #80CDEB

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##80CDEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##80CDEB	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC9ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBDEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4ED6D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #80cdeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(128, 205, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.087 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aadcf1',
    500: '#80cdeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #80cdeb;
$custom-light: #aadcf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#80cdeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 128,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.822,
    "s": 72.789,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80915,
    "c": 0.08701,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#80CDEB

secondary

#C46D4B

accent

#4811D5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #80CDEB

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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