#81BAD0#81BAD0

#81BAD0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.067 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81BAD0
RGB	rgb(129, 186, 208)
HSL	hsl(197, 46%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(197, 38%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 10.6%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.45, -12.94, -16.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.45, 21.32, 232.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% -0.0481 -0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.067 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.9935, 44.3367, 66.2181)
Luminance	0.4434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81BAD0 #D09781

analogous

#81D0BE #81BAD0 #8192D0

triadic

#81BAD0 #D081BA #BAD081

tetradic

#81BAD0 #BE81D0 #D09781 #92D081

square

#81BAD0 #BE81D0 #D09781 #92D081

split-complementary

#81BAD0 #D08192 #D0BE81

monochromatic

#3A819C #54A2BF #81BAD0 #AED2E1 #DAEBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#81BAD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#81BAD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81BAD0

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81BAD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81BAD0	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB7D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2AED0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63C1C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81bad0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 186, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.067 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8cede',
    500: '#81bad0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81bad0;
$custom-light: #a8cede;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81bad0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.709,
    "s": 45.665,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7574,
    "c": 0.06694,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81BAD0

secondary

#E3D1C9

accent

#542DB9

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #81BAD0

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

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