#81BBDB#81BBDB

#81BBDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.076 H 233.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81BBDB
RGB	rgb(129, 187, 219)
HSL	hsl(201, 56%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(201, 41%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 14.6%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.10, -10.60, -21.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.10, 24.38, 244.22°)
OKLab	oklab(76.38% -0.0453 -0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(76.38% 0.076 233.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.6054, 45.3197, 73.6647)
Luminance	0.4532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81BBDB #DBA181

analogous

#81DBCE #81BBDB #818EDB

triadic

#81BBDB #DB81BB #BBDB81

tetradic

#81BBDB #CE81DB #DBA181 #8EDB81

square

#81BBDB #CE81DB #DBA181 #8EDB81

split-complementary

#81BBDB #DB818E #DBCE81

monochromatic

#3283AF #51A1CD #81BBDB #B1D5E9 #E0EEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#81BBDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#81BBDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81BBDB

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81BBDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81BBDB	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB9DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAFDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5EC4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81bbdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 187, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.076 233.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9cfe6',
    500: '#81bbdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81bbdb;
$custom-light: #a9cfe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81bbdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.333,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76378,
    "c": 0.07562,
    "h": 233.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81BBDB

secondary

#EAD8CE

accent

#5C22C3

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #81BBDB

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

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