#81BBDC#81BBDC

#81BBDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.077 H 234.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81BBDC
RGB	rgb(129, 187, 220)
HSL	hsl(202, 57%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(202, 41%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 15%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.14, -10.34, -22.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.14, 24.71, 245.27°)
OKLab	oklab(76.42% -0.0449 -0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(76.42% 0.077 234.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.7374, 45.3725, 74.3601)
Luminance	0.4537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81BBDC #DCA281

analogous

#81DCCF #81BBDC #818DDC

triadic

#81BBDC #DC81BB #BBDC81

tetradic

#81BBDC #CF81DC #DCA281 #8DDC81

square

#81BBDC #CF81DC #DCA281 #8DDC81

split-complementary

#81BBDC #DC818D #DCCF81

monochromatic

#3183B1 #51A1CF #81BBDC #B1D5E9 #E1EFF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#81BBDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#81BBDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81BBDC

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81BBDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81BBDC	1.00	2.08	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB9DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAFDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5DC4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81bbdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 187, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.077 234.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9cfe7',
    500: '#81bbdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81bbdc;
$custom-light: #a9cfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81bbdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.758,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76417,
    "c": 0.07652,
    "h": 234.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81BBDC

secondary

#EAD9CF

accent

#5C21C4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #81BBDC

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

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