#81AEDC#81AEDC

#81AEDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.083 H 249.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81AEDC
RGB	rgb(129, 174, 220)
HSL	hsl(210, 57%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(210, 41%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 20.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, -3.30, -27.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 28.14, 263.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% -0.0289 -0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.083 249.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.1033, 40.1043, 73.4821)
Luminance	0.4011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81AEDC #DCAF81

analogous

#81DBDC #81AEDC #8181DC

triadic

#81AEDC #DC81AE #AEDC81

tetradic

#81AEDC #DC81DB #DCAF81 #81DC81

square

#81AEDC #DC81DB #DCAF81 #81DC81

split-complementary

#81AEDC #DC8181 #DBDC81

monochromatic

#3171B1 #518FCF #81AEDC #B1CDE9 #E1ECF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#81AEDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#81AEDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81AEDC

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81AEDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81AEDC	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAFDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A6DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5FB9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81aedc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 174, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.083 249.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9c6e7',
    500: '#81aedc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81aedc;
$custom-light: #a9c6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81aedc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.33,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7358,
    "c": 0.08271,
    "h": 249.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81AEDC

secondary

#EADDCF

accent

#7421C4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #81AEDC

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

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