#81ACE8#81ACE8

#81ACE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.099 H 256.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81ACE8
RGB	rgb(129, 172, 232)
HSL	hsl(215, 69%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(215, 44%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 25.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.47, 1.13, -34.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.47, 34.64, 271.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.67% -0.0226 -0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(73.67% 0.099 256.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.3665, 39.9960, 82.0266)
Luminance	0.4000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81ACE8 #E8BD81

analogous

#81E0E8 #81ACE8 #8981E8

triadic

#81ACE8 #E881AC #ACE881

tetradic

#81ACE8 #E881E0 #E8BD81 #81E889

square

#81ACE8 #E881E0 #E8BD81 #81E889

split-complementary

#81ACE8 #E88981 #E0E881

monochromatic

#256ACA #4D8ADF #81ACE8 #B5CEF1 #E5EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#81ACE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#81ACE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81ACE8

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81ACE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81ACE8	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95AFEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A5E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59B9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81ace8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 172, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.099 256.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aac4ef',
    500: '#81ace8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81ace8;
$custom-light: #aac4ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81ace8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.951,
    "s": 69.128,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73674,
    "c": 0.09924,
    "h": 256.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81ACE8

secondary

#F0E5D5

accent

#8214D1

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #81ACE8

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

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