#81AFEF#81AFEF

#81AFEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.105 H 256.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81AFEF
RGB	rgb(129, 175, 239)
HSL	hsl(215, 77%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(215, 46%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 26.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.56, 1.44, -36.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.56, 36.77, 272.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% -0.0242 -0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.105 256.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.9580, 41.5565, 87.5603)
Luminance	0.4156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#81AFEF #EFC181

analogous

#81E6EF #81AFEF #8A81EF

triadic

#81AFEF #EF81AF #AFEF81

tetradic

#81AFEF #EF81E6 #EFC181 #81EF8A

square

#81AFEF #EF81E6 #EFC181 #81EF8A

split-complementary

#81AFEF #EF8A81 #E6EF81

monochromatic

#1C6BDA #4B8DE8 #81AFEF #B7D1F6 #E4EEFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#81AFEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#81AFEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81AFEF

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81AFEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81AFEF	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B2F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA8EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54BDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81afef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 175, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.105 256.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aac6f4',
    500: '#81afef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81afef;
$custom-light: #aac6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81afef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.909,
    "s": 77.465,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74628,
    "c": 0.10549,
    "h": 256.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81AFEF

secondary

#F3E8D8

accent

#840CDA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #81AFEF

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

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