#81AED8#81AED8

#81AED8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.078 H 247.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81AED8
RGB	rgb(129, 174, 216)
HSL	hsl(209, 53%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(209, 40%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 19.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, -4.38, -25.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 26.34, 260.42°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% -0.0302 -0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.078 247.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.5799, 39.8950, 70.7254)
Luminance	0.3990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81AED8 #D8AB81

analogous

#81D8D7 #81AED8 #8182D8

triadic

#81AED8 #D881AE #AED881

tetradic

#81AED8 #D781D8 #D8AB81 #82D881

square

#81AED8 #D781D8 #D8AB81 #82D881

split-complementary

#81AED8 #D88182 #D8D781

monochromatic

#3571AA #5290CA #81AED8 #B0CCE6 #DEEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#81AED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#81AED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81AED8

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81AED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81AED8	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAFDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A5D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61B8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81aed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 174, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.078 247.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9c6e4',
    500: '#81aed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81aed8;
$custom-light: #a9c6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81aed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.966,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73413,
    "c": 0.07802,
    "h": 247.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81AED8

secondary

#E8DACD

accent

#7025C0

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #81AED8

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

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