#81B8EA#81B8EA

#81B8EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.092 H 246.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81B8EA
RGB	rgb(129, 184, 234)
HSL	hsl(209, 71%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(209, 45%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.9%, 21.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.82, -4.92, -30.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.82, 30.93, 260.85°)
OKLab	oklab(76.33% -0.0365 -0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(76.33% 0.092 246.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.0400, 44.8859, 84.3272)
Luminance	0.4489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81B8EA #EAB381

analogous

#81EAE7 #81B8EA #8183EA

triadic

#81B8EA #EA81B8 #B8EA81

tetradic

#81B8EA #E781EA #EAB381 #83EA81

square

#81B8EA #E781EA #EAB381 #83EA81

split-complementary

#81B8EA #EA8183 #EAE781

monochromatic

#227CCE #4D9AE1 #81B8EA #B5D6F3 #E5F0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#81B8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#81B8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81B8EA

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81B8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81B8EA	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B9EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AEE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55C4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81b8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 184, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.092 246.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aacdf1',
    500: '#81b8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81b8ea;
$custom-light: #aacdf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81b8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.571,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76332,
    "c": 0.09239,
    "h": 246.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81B8EA

secondary

#F1E3D6

accent

#6E12D3

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #81B8EA

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

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