#81A5DE#81A5DE

#81A5DE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.093 H 259.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81A5DE
RGB	rgb(129, 165, 222)
HSL	hsl(217, 58%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(217, 42%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.9%, 25.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.16, 2.25, -32.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.16, 32.79, 273.94°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% -0.0171 -0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.093 259.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.6890, 36.8493, 74.3252)
Luminance	0.3685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81A5DE #DEBA81

analogous

#81D4DE #81A5DE #8C81DE

triadic

#81A5DE #DE81A5 #A5DE81

tetradic

#81A5DE #DE81D4 #DEBA81 #81DE8C

square

#81A5DE #DE81D4 #DEBA81 #81DE8C

split-complementary

#81A5DE #DE8C81 #D4DE81

monochromatic

#2F63B5 #5182D1 #81A5DE #B1C8EB #E2EAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#81A5DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#81A5DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81A5DE

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81A5DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81A5DE	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A8E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A0DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60B1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81a5de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 165, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.093 259.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9bfe8',
    500: '#81a5de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81a5de;
$custom-light: #a9bfe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81a5de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.774,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71739,
    "c": 0.09271,
    "h": 259.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81A5DE

secondary

#EBE1D0

accent

#861FC6

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FC

border

#CED0D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #81A5DE

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

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