#81AFDF#81AFDF

#81AFDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.086 H 250.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81AFDF
RGB	rgb(129, 175, 223)
HSL	hsl(211, 59%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(211, 42%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.2%, 21.5%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.93, -3.03, -28.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.93, 29.14, 264.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% -0.0291 -0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.086 250.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.6981, 40.6525, 75.6580)
Luminance	0.4066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81AFDF #DFB181

analogous

#81DEDF #81AFDF #8281DF

triadic

#81AFDF #DF81AF #AFDF81

tetradic

#81AFDF #DF81DE #DFB181 #81DF82

square

#81AFDF #DF81DE #DFB181 #81DF82

split-complementary

#81AFDF #DF8281 #DEDF81

monochromatic

#2F71B7 #5090D3 #81AFDF #B2CEEB #E3EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#81AFDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#81AFDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81AFDF

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81AFDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81AFDF	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB0E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A7DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5EBABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81afdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 175, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.086 250.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9c6e9',
    500: '#81afdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81afdf;
$custom-light: #a9c6e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81afdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.638,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73923,
    "c": 0.0856,
    "h": 250.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81AFDF

secondary

#ECDED0

accent

#751EC7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #81AFDF

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

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