#81AED5#81AED5

#81AED5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.075 H 245.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81AED5
RGB	rgb(129, 174, 213)
HSL	hsl(208, 50%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(208, 39%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 18.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, -5.19, -24.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 25.04, 258.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% -0.0313 -0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.075 245.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.1956, 39.7412, 68.7015)
Luminance	0.3974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81AED5 #D5A881

analogous

#81D5D2 #81AED5 #8184D5

triadic

#81AED5 #D581AE #AED581

tetradic

#81AED5 #D281D5 #D5A881 #84D581

square

#81AED5 #D281D5 #D5A881 #84D581

split-complementary

#81AED5 #D58184 #D5D281

monochromatic

#3772A5 #5390C6 #81AED5 #AFCCE4 #DDE9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#81AED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#81AED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81AED5

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81AED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81AED5	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EAED7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A5D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63B7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81aed5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 174, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.075 245.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8c6e2',
    500: '#81aed5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81aed5;
$custom-light: #a8c6e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81aed5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.857,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7329,
    "c": 0.0746,
    "h": 245.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81AED5

secondary

#E6D8CC

accent

#6D28BD

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #81AED5

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

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