#81A4DE#81A4DE

#81A4DE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.094 H 260.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81A4DE
RGB	rgb(129, 164, 222)
HSL	hsl(217, 58%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(217, 42%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.9%, 26.1%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.89, 2.82, -33.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.89, 33.25, 274.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% -0.0158 -0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.094 260.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.5093, 36.4900, 74.2653)
Luminance	0.3649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81A4DE #DEBB81

analogous

#81D3DE #81A4DE #8D81DE

triadic

#81A4DE #DE81A4 #A4DE81

tetradic

#81A4DE #DE81D3 #DEBB81 #81DE8D

square

#81A4DE #DE81D3 #DEBB81 #81DE8D

split-complementary

#81A4DE #DE8D81 #D3DE81

monochromatic

#2F62B5 #5181D1 #81A4DE #B1C7EB #E2EAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#81A4DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#81A4DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81A4DE

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81A4DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81A4DE	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA8E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859FDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60B0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81a4de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 164, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.094 260.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9bee8',
    500: '#81a4de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81a4de;
$custom-light: #a9bee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81a4de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.419,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71527,
    "c": 0.09369,
    "h": 260.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81A4DE

secondary

#EBE1D0

accent

#871FC6

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FC

border

#CED0D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #81A4DE

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

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