#81A5FA#81A5FA

#81A5FA is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.130 H 265.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81A5FA
RGB	rgb(129, 165, 250)
HSL	hsl(222, 92%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(222, 48%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 34%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, 10.27, -46.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 47.28, 282.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% -0.0095 -0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.13 265.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.7581, 38.4769, 95.7557)
Luminance	0.3848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#81A5FA #FAD681

analogous

#81E1FA #81A5FA #9A81FA

triadic

#81A5FA #FA81A5 #A5FA81

tetradic

#81A5FA #FA81E1 #FAD681 #81FA9A

square

#81A5FA #FA81E1 #FAD681 #81FA9A

split-complementary

#81A5FA #FA9A81 #E1FA81

monochromatic

#0B51F5 #467BF8 #81A5FA #BCCFFC #E2EAFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#81A5FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#81A5FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81A5FA

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81A5FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81A5FA	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85ADFE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78A2F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4EB7C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81a5fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 165, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.130 265.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abbffc',
    500: '#81a5fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81a5fa;
$custom-light: #abbffc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81a5fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.149,
    "s": 92.366,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73075,
    "c": 0.13029,
    "h": 265.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81A5FA

secondary

#F6ECD5

accent

#A100E6

background

#FAFBFF

surface

#F5F6FF

border

#CFD0D7

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #81A5FA

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

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