#81BAEB#81BAEB

#81BAEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.092 H 245.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81BAEB
RGB	rgb(129, 186, 235)
HSL	hsl(208, 73%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(208, 45%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 20.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.40, -5.72, -30.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.40, 30.71, 259.26°)
OKLab	oklab(76.81% -0.0385 -0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(76.81% 0.092 245.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.6024, 45.7803, 85.2254)
Luminance	0.4578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81BAEB #EBB281

analogous

#81EBE7 #81BAEB #8185EB

triadic

#81BAEB #EB81BA #BAEB81

tetradic

#81BAEB #E781EB #EBB281 #85EB81

square

#81BAEB #E781EB #EBB281 #85EB81

split-complementary

#81BAEB #EB8185 #EBE781

monochromatic

#217FD1 #4C9DE3 #81BAEB #B6D7F3 #E5F1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#81BAEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#81BAEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81BAEB

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81BAEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81BAEB	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6BAED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AFEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54C6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81baeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 186, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.092 245.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aacef1',
    500: '#81baeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81baeb;
$custom-light: #aacef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81baeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.736,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76807,
    "c": 0.09229,
    "h": 245.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81BAEB

secondary

#F2E3D6

accent

#6B11D5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #81BAEB

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

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