#81A8EA#81A8EA

#81A8EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.106 H 260.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81A8EA
RGB	rgb(129, 168, 234)
HSL	hsl(218, 71%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(218, 45%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.9%, 28.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, 3.94, -37.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 37.48, 276.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% -0.0172 -0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.106 260.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9023, 38.6106, 83.2813)
Luminance	0.3861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81A8EA #EAC381

analogous

#81DDEA #81A8EA #8E81EA

triadic

#81A8EA #EA81A8 #A8EA81

tetradic

#81A8EA #EA81DD #EAC381 #81EA8E

square

#81A8EA #EA81DD #EAC381 #81EA8E

split-complementary

#81A8EA #EA8E81 #DDEA81

monochromatic

#2262CE #4D84E1 #81A8EA #B5CCF3 #E5EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#81A8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#81A8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81A8EA

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81A8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81A8EA	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90ACED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A3E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58B6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81a8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 168, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.106 260.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aac1f1',
    500: '#81a8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81a8ea;
$custom-light: #aac1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81a8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.714,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72921,
    "c": 0.10564,
    "h": 260.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81A8EA

secondary

#F1E7D6

accent

#8C12D3

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #81A8EA

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

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