#81A5DD#81A5DD

#81A5DD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.091 H 259.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81A5DD
RGB	rgb(129, 165, 221)
HSL	hsl(217, 58%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(217, 42%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 25.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.12, 1.98, -32.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.12, 32.28, 273.51°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% -0.0174 -0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.091 259)
XYZ	xyz(35.5554, 36.7958, 73.6214)
Luminance	0.3680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81A5DD #DDB981

analogous

#81D3DD #81A5DD #8B81DD

triadic

#81A5DD #DD81A5 #A5DD81

tetradic

#81A5DD #DD81D3 #DDB981 #81DD8B

square

#81A5DD #DD81D3 #DDB981 #81DD8B

split-complementary

#81A5DD #DD8B81 #D3DD81

monochromatic

#3064B3 #5183D0 #81A5DD #B1C7EA #E1EAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#81A5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#81A5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81A5DD

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81A5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81A5DD	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A8E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869FDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60B1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81a5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 165, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.091 259.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9bfe7',
    500: '#81a5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81a5dd;
$custom-light: #a9bfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81a5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.522,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71694,
    "c": 0.0914,
    "h": 259
  },
  "luminance": 0.36798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81A5DD

secondary

#EBE0CF

accent

#8520C5

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FC

border

#CED0D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #81A5DD

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

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