#81B2EA#81B2EA

#81B2EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.097 H 252.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81B2EA
RGB	rgb(129, 178, 234)
HSL	hsl(212, 71%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(212, 45%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.9%, 23.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.18, -1.63, -33.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.18, 33.11, 267.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.04% -0.0293 -0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(75.04% 0.097 252.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.8200, 42.4458, 83.9205)
Luminance	0.4245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81B2EA #EAB981

analogous

#81E6EA #81B2EA #8481EA

triadic

#81B2EA #EA81B2 #B2EA81

tetradic

#81B2EA #EA81E6 #EAB981 #81EA84

square

#81B2EA #EA81E6 #EAB981 #81EA84

split-complementary

#81B2EA #EA8481 #E6EA81

monochromatic

#2273CE #4D92E1 #81B2EA #B5D2F3 #E5EFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#81B2EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#81B2EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81B2EA

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81B2EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81B2EA	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB4ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FAAE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57BFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81b2ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 178, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.097 252.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aac8f1',
    500: '#81b2ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81b2ea;
$custom-light: #aac8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81b2ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75042,
    "c": 0.09668,
    "h": 252.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81B2EA

secondary

#F1E4D6

accent

#7912D3

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #81B2EA

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

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