#81A8DA#81A8DA

#81A8DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.085 H 254.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81A8DA
RGB	rgb(129, 168, 218)
HSL	hsl(214, 55%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(214, 41%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.8%, 22.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.82, -0.53, -29.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.82, 29.50, 268.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.2% -0.0221 -0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(72.2% 0.085 254.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.7067, 37.7323, 71.7177)
Luminance	0.3773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81A8DA #DAB381

analogous

#81D4DA #81A8DA #8681DA

triadic

#81A8DA #DA81A8 #A8DA81

tetradic

#81A8DA #DA81D4 #DAB381 #81DA86

square

#81A8DA #DA81D4 #DAB381 #81DA86

split-complementary

#81A8DA #DA8681 #D4DA81

monochromatic

#3369AE #5287CC #81A8DA #B0C9E8 #E0E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#81A8DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#81A8DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81A8DA

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81A8DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81A8DA	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95AADC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA1D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61B3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81a8da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 168, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.085 254.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9c1e5',
    500: '#81a8da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81a8da;
$custom-light: #a9c1e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81a8da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.708,
    "s": 54.601,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72203,
    "c": 0.08484,
    "h": 254.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81A8DA

secondary

#E9DDCE

accent

#7D23C2

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FC

border

#CED0D5

text

#101215

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #81A8DA

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

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