#81A6DB#81A6DB

#81A6DB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.088 H 257.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81A6DB
RGB	rgb(129, 166, 219)
HSL	hsl(215, 56%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(215, 41%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 24.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.32, 0.86, -30.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.32, 30.84, 271.61°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% -0.0192 -0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.088 257.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.4716, 37.0520, 72.2868)
Luminance	0.3705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81A6DB #DBB681

analogous

#81D3DB #81A6DB #8981DB

triadic

#81A6DB #DB81A6 #A6DB81

tetradic

#81A6DB #DB81D3 #DBB681 #81DB89

square

#81A6DB #DB81D3 #DBB681 #81DB89

split-complementary

#81A6DB #DB8981 #D3DB81

monochromatic

#3266AF #5184CD #81A6DB #B1C8E9 #E0E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#81A6DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#81A6DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81A6DB

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81A6DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81A6DB	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A9DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A0DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61B1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81a6db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 166, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.088 257.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9c0e6',
    500: '#81a6db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81a6db;
$custom-light: #a9c0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81a6db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.333,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71818,
    "c": 0.08786,
    "h": 257.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81A6DB

secondary

#EADECE

accent

#8122C3

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FC

border

#CED0D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #81A6DB

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

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