#81ABE6#81ABE6

#81ABE6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.098 H 256.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81ABE6
RGB	rgb(129, 171, 230)
HSL	hsl(215, 67%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(215, 44%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 25.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, 1.13, -34.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 34.10, 271.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% -0.022 -0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.098 256.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.8944, 39.5038, 80.4758)
Luminance	0.3951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81ABE6 #E6BC81

analogous

#81DDE6 #81ABE6 #8A81E6

triadic

#81ABE6 #E681AB #ABE681

tetradic

#81ABE6 #E681DD #E6BC81 #81E68A

square

#81ABE6 #E681DD #E6BC81 #81E68A

split-complementary

#81ABE6 #E68A81 #DDE681

monochromatic

#2769C5 #4E89DC #81ABE6 #B4CDF0 #E5EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#81ABE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#81ABE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81ABE6

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81ABE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81ABE6	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95AEE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A4E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5AB8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81abe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 171, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.098 256.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aac3ee',
    500: '#81abe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81abe6;
$custom-light: #aac3ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81abe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.05,
    "s": 66.887,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73372,
    "c": 0.09757,
    "h": 256.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81ABE6

secondary

#EFE4D4

accent

#8217CF

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #81ABE6

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

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