#81ABCD#81ABCD

#81ABCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.067 H 243.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81ABCD
RGB	rgb(129, 171, 205)
HSL	hsl(207, 43%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(207, 37%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 16.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.17, -5.67, -21.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.17, 22.52, 255.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% -0.0303 -0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.067 243.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.6321, 38.1989, 63.2941)
Luminance	0.3820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81ABCD #CDA381

analogous

#81CDC9 #81ABCD #8185CD

triadic

#81ABCD #CD81AB #ABCD81

tetradic

#81ABCD #C981CD #CDA381 #85CD81

square

#81ABCD #C981CD #CDA381 #85CD81

split-complementary

#81ABCD #CD8185 #CDC981

monochromatic

#3C6F97 #558EBC #81ABCD #ADC8DE #D9E5F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#81ABCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#81ABCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81ABCD

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81ABCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81ABCD	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DABCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A3CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67B3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81abcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 171, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.067 243.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8c4dc',
    500: '#81abcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81abcd;
$custom-light: #a8c4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81abcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.842,
    "s": 43.182,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72314,
    "c": 0.0673,
    "h": 243.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81ABCD

secondary

#E2D4C8

accent

#6C2FB6

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#101215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #81ABCD

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

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