#81A6EB#81A6EB

#81A6EB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.109 H 262.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81A6EB
RGB	rgb(129, 166, 235)
HSL	hsl(219, 73%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(219, 45%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 29.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, 5.35, -38.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 38.96, 277.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.0145 -0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.109 262.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.6800, 37.9354, 83.9179)
Luminance	0.3794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81A6EB #EBC681

analogous

#81DBEB #81A6EB #9181EB

triadic

#81A6EB #EB81A6 #A6EB81

tetradic

#81A6EB #EB81DB #EBC681 #81EB91

square

#81A6EB #EB81DB #EBC681 #81EB91

split-complementary

#81A6EB #EB9181 #DBEB81

monochromatic

#215ED1 #4C81E3 #81A6EB #B6CBF3 #E5ECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#81A6EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#81A6EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81A6EB

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81A6EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81A6EB	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DABEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A1E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58B5BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81a6eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 166, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.109 262.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aac0f1',
    500: '#81a6eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81a6eb;
$custom-light: #aac0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81a6eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.057,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72548,
    "c": 0.10901,
    "h": 262.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81A6EB

secondary

#F2E8D6

accent

#9011D5

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #81A6EB

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

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