#81A8DD#81A8DD

#81A8DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.089 H 256.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81A8DD
RGB	rgb(129, 168, 221)
HSL	hsl(215, 58%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(215, 42%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 24%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.94, 0.30, -30.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.94, 30.96, 270.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% -0.0211 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.089 256.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.1028, 37.8908, 73.8039)
Luminance	0.3789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81A8DD #DDB681

analogous

#81D6DD #81A8DD #8881DD

triadic

#81A8DD #DD81A8 #A8DD81

tetradic

#81A8DD #DD81D6 #DDB681 #81DD88

square

#81A8DD #DD81D6 #DDB681 #81DD88

split-complementary

#81A8DD #DD8881 #D6DD81

monochromatic

#3068B3 #5187D0 #81A8DD #B1C9EA #E1EBF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#81A8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#81A8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81A8DD

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81A8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81A8DD	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94ABDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA2DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60B4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81a8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 168, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.089 256.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9c1e7',
    500: '#81a8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81a8dd;
$custom-light: #a9c1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81a8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.565,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72333,
    "c": 0.08867,
    "h": 256.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81A8DD

secondary

#EBDFCF

accent

#7F20C5

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FC

border

#CED0D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #81A8DD

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

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