#81B2CE#81B2CE

#81B2CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.066 H 233.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81B2CE
RGB	rgb(129, 178, 206)
HSL	hsl(202, 44%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(202, 37%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 13.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.15, -9.20, -19.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.15, 21.41, 244.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% -0.0388 -0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.066 233.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.1106, 40.9621, 64.3843)
Luminance	0.4096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81B2CE #CE9D81

analogous

#81CEC3 #81B2CE #818BCE

triadic

#81B2CE #CE81B2 #B2CE81

tetradic

#81B2CE #C381CE #CE9D81 #8BCE81

square

#81B2CE #C381CE #CE9D81 #8BCE81

split-complementary

#81B2CE #CE818B #CEC381

monochromatic

#3C7799 #5597BD #81B2CE #ADCDDF #D9E8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#81B2CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#81B2CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81B2CE

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81B2CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81B2CE	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA8CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65BABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81b2ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 178, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.066 233.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8c9dd',
    500: '#81b2ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81b2ce;
$custom-light: #a8c9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81b2ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.818,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73892,
    "c": 0.06587,
    "h": 233.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81B2CE

secondary

#E2D2C9

accent

#602EB7

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #81B2CE

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

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