#81B3CE#81B3CE

#81B3CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.066 H 232.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81B3CE
RGB	rgb(129, 179, 206)
HSL	hsl(201, 44%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(201, 37%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 13.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, -9.74, -18.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 21.27, 242.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.0401 -0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.066 232.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.3102, 41.3615, 64.4508)
Luminance	0.4136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81B3CE #CE9C81

analogous

#81CEC2 #81B3CE #818CCE

triadic

#81B3CE #CE81B3 #B3CE81

tetradic

#81B3CE #C281CE #CE9C81 #8CCE81

square

#81B3CE #C281CE #CE9C81 #8CCE81

split-complementary

#81B3CE #CE818C #CEC281

monochromatic

#3C7899 #5598BD #81B3CE #ADCEDF #D9E8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#81B3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#81B3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81B3CE

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81B3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81B3CE	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA8CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65BABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81b3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 179, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.066 232.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8c9dd',
    500: '#81b3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81b3ce;
$custom-light: #a8c9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81b3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.039,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74113,
    "c": 0.06568,
    "h": 232.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81B3CE

secondary

#E2D2C9

accent

#5E2EB7

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #81B3CE

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

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