#80CEEB#80CEEB

#80CEEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.087 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#80CEEB
RGB	rgb(128, 206, 235)
HSL	hsl(196, 73%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(196, 46%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 12.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.88, -16.52, -21.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.88, 27.35, 232.84°)
OKLab	oklab(81.14% -0.0628 -0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(81.14% 0.087 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.9633, 54.7265, 86.7224)
Luminance	0.5473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#80CEEB #EB9D80

analogous

#80EBD2 #80CEEB #8098EB

triadic

#80CEEB #EB80CE #CEEB80

tetradic

#80CEEB #D280EB #EB9D80 #98EB80

square

#80CEEB #D280EB #EB9D80 #98EB80

split-complementary

#80CEEB #EB8098 #EBD280

monochromatic

#21A0D0 #4BBAE3 #80CEEB #B5E2F3 #E5F5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#80CEEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#80CEEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #80CEEB

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##80CEEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##80CEEB	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BECAED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBEEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DD7D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #80ceeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(128, 206, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.087 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aaddf1',
    500: '#80ceeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #80ceeb;
$custom-light: #aaddf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#80ceeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 128,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.262,
    "s": 72.789,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81137,
    "c": 0.08701,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#80CEEB

secondary

#C46C4B

accent

#4611D5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #80CEEB

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

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