#81AAEE#81AAEE

#81AAEE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.109 H 260.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81AAEE
RGB	rgb(129, 170, 238)
HSL	hsl(217, 76%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(217, 46%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 28.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, 3.95, -38.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 38.56, 275.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% -0.0185 -0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.109 260.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.8555, 39.5872, 86.4660)
Luminance	0.3959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81AAEE #EEC581

analogous

#81E1EE #81AAEE #8F81EE

triadic

#81AAEE #EE81AA #AAEE81

tetradic

#81AAEE #EE81E1 #EEC581 #81EE8F

square

#81AAEE #EE81E1 #EEC581 #81EE8F

split-complementary

#81AAEE #EE8F81 #E1EE81

monochromatic

#1D63D8 #4B86E7 #81AAEE #B7CEF5 #E4EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#81AAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#81AAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81AAEE

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81AAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81AAEE	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91AFF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A4ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55B9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81aaee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 170, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.109 260.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aac3f4',
    500: '#81aaee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81aaee;
$custom-light: #aac3f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81aaee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.431,
    "s": 76.224,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73528,
    "c": 0.10894,
    "h": 260.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81AAEE

secondary

#F3E9D8

accent

#8C0DD8

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #81AAEE

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

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