#81AFE5#81AFE5

#81AFE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.093 H 253.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#81AFE5
RGBrgb(129, 175, 229)
HSLhsl(212, 66%, 70%)
HSVhsv(212, 44%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(43.7%, 23.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(70.16, -1.37, -31.91)
CIE-LCHlch(70.16, 31.94, 267.54°)
OKLaboklab(74.18% -0.0272 -0.0888)
OKLCHoklch(74.18% 0.093 253)
XYZxyz(38.5214, 40.9818, 79.9940)
Luminance0.4098 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#81AFE5 #E5B781
analogous
#81E1E5 #81AFE5 #8581E5
triadic
#81AFE5 #E581AF #AFE581
tetradic
#81AFE5 #E581E1 #E5B781 #81E585
square
#81AFE5 #E581E1 #E5B781 #81E585
split-complementary
#81AFE5 #E58581 #E1E581
monochromatic
#2870C3 #4E8FDB #81AFE5 #B4CFEF #E6EFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28
#81AFE5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20
#81AFE5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81AFE5
9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##81AFE5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##81AFE51.002.289.209.20
#FFFFFF2.281.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2021.001.001.00
##0000009.2021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9AB1E7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8EA7E4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#5ABBC1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #81afe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 175, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.093 253.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aac6ed',
    500: '#81afe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #81afe5;
$custom-light: #aac6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#81afe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.4,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74181,
    "c": 0.09291,
    "h": 253
  },
  "luminance": 0.40984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#81AFE5
secondary
#EFE2D3
accent
#7A18CE
background
#FAFCFE
surface
#F4F8FD
border
#CED1D5
text
#101316
muted
#7F8284

Preview Lab

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#81AFE5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva