#81AFCD#81AFCD

#81AFCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.066 H 237.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81AFCD
RGB	rgb(129, 175, 205)
HSL	hsl(204, 43%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(204, 37%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 14.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, -7.84, -20.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 21.58, 248.69°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% -0.0354 -0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.066 237.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.3991, 39.7329, 63.5497)
Luminance	0.3973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81AFCD #CD9F81

analogous

#81CDC5 #81AFCD #8189CD

triadic

#81AFCD #CD81AF #AFCD81

tetradic

#81AFCD #C581CD #CD9F81 #89CD81

square

#81AFCD #C581CD #CD9F81 #89CD81

split-complementary

#81AFCD #CD8189 #CDC581

monochromatic

#3C7397 #5593BC #81AFCD #ADCBDE #D9E7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#81AFCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#81AFCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81AFCD

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81AFCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81AFCD	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)

#A2AECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A5CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66B7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81afcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 175, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.066 237.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8c6dc',
    500: '#81afcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81afcd;
$custom-light: #a8c6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81afcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.684,
    "s": 43.182,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73192,
    "c": 0.06571,
    "h": 237.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81AFCD

secondary

#E2D2C8

accent

#652FB6

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #81AFCD

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

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