#81AADE#81AADE

#81AADE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.088 H 254.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81AADE
RGB	rgb(129, 170, 222)
HSL	hsl(214, 58%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(214, 42%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.9%, 23.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.52, -0.54, -30.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.52, 30.61, 268.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.0233 -0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.088 254.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.6085, 38.6884, 74.6317)
Luminance	0.3869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81AADE #DEB581

analogous

#81D9DE #81AADE #8781DE

triadic

#81AADE #DE81AA #AADE81

tetradic

#81AADE #DE81D9 #DEB581 #81DE87

square

#81AADE #DE81D9 #DEB581 #81DE87

split-complementary

#81AADE #DE8781 #D9DE81

monochromatic

#2F6AB5 #5189D1 #81AADE #B1CBEB #E2EBF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#81AADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#81AADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81AADE

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81AADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81AADE	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96ACE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA3DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5FB5BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81aade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 170, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.088 254.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9c3e8',
    500: '#81aade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81aade;
$custom-light: #a9c3e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81aade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.548,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72805,
    "c": 0.08824,
    "h": 254.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81AADE

secondary

#EBDFD0

accent

#7D1FC6

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FC

border

#CED0D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #81AADE

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

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