#81AECE#81AECE

#81AECE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.067 H 239.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81AECE
RGB	rgb(129, 174, 206)
HSL	hsl(205, 44%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(205, 37%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 15.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, -7.04, -21.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 22.18, 251.49°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% -0.0337 -0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.067 239.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.3263, 39.3935, 64.1228)
Luminance	0.3940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81AECE #CEA181

analogous

#81CEC7 #81AECE #8187CE

triadic

#81AECE #CE81AE #AECE81

tetradic

#81AECE #C781CE #CEA181 #87CE81

square

#81AECE #C781CE #CEA181 #87CE81

split-complementary

#81AECE #CE8187 #CEC781

monochromatic

#3C7299 #5592BD #81AECE #ADCADF #D9E7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#81AECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#81AECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81AECE

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81AECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81AECE	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ADD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A5CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66B6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81aece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 174, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.067 239.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8c6dd',
    500: '#81aece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81aece;
$custom-light: #a8c6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81aece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.935,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73011,
    "c": 0.06706,
    "h": 239.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81AECE

secondary

#E2D3C9

accent

#672EB7

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #81AECE

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

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