#81AAE0#81AAE0

#81AAE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.091 H 255.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81AAE0
RGB	rgb(129, 170, 224)
HSL	hsl(214, 61%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(214, 42%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 24.1%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, 0.01, -31.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 31.58, 270.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% -0.0227 -0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.091 255.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.8782, 38.7962, 76.0518)
Luminance	0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81AAE0 #E0B781

analogous

#81DAE0 #81AAE0 #8881E0

triadic

#81AAE0 #E081AA #AAE081

tetradic

#81AAE0 #E081DA #E0B781 #81E088

square

#81AAE0 #E081DA #E0B781 #81E088

split-complementary

#81AAE0 #E08881 #DAE081

monochromatic

#2E6AB9 #5089D4 #81AAE0 #B2CBEC #E3ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#81AAE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#81AAE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81AAE0

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81AAE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81AAE0	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96ACE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA3DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5EB6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81aae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 170, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.091 255.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9c3ea',
    500: '#81aae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81aae0;
$custom-light: #a9c3ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81aae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.105,
    "s": 60.51,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72892,
    "c": 0.09077,
    "h": 255.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81AAE0

secondary

#ECE0D1

accent

#7E1DC8

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #81AAE0

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

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