#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
RGB	rgb(129, 175, 229)
HSL	hsl(212, 66%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(212, 44%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 23.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.16, -1.37, -31.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.16, 31.94, 267.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% -0.0272 -0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.093 253)
XYZ	xyz(38.5214, 40.9818, 79.9940)
Luminance	0.4098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##81AFE5	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #81AFE5

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

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