#81A5CE#81A5CE

#81A5CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.072 H 252.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81A5CE
RGB	rgb(129, 165, 206)
HSL	hsl(212, 44%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(212, 37%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 19.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.54, -2.10, -24.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.54, 24.92, 265.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.05% -0.0222 -0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(71.05% 0.072 252.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.6455, 36.0319, 63.5626)
Luminance	0.3603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81A5CE #CEAA81

analogous

#81CBCE #81A5CE #8381CE

triadic

#81A5CE #CE81A5 #A5CE81

tetradic

#81A5CE #CE81CB #CEAA81 #81CE83

square

#81A5CE #CE81CB #CEAA81 #81CE83

split-complementary

#81A5CE #CE8381 #CBCE81

monochromatic

#3C6799 #5586BD #81A5CE #ADC4DF #D9E4F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#81A5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#81A5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81A5CE

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81A5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81A5CE	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A6D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9ECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67AEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81a5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 165, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.072 252.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8bfdd',
    500: '#81a5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81a5ce;
$custom-light: #a8bfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81a5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.948,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71048,
    "c": 0.07217,
    "h": 252.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81A5CE

secondary

#E2D6C9

accent

#772EB7

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F7FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #81A5CE

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

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