#81BCCE#81BCCE

#81BCCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.066 H 218.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81BCCE
RGB	rgb(129, 188, 206)
HSL	hsl(194, 44%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(194, 37%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 8.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.95, -14.50, -15.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.95, 20.94, 226.16°)
OKLab	oklab(76.11% -0.0514 -0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(76.11% 0.066 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.1732, 45.0875, 65.0718)
Luminance	0.4509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81BCCE #CE9381

analogous

#81CEB9 #81BCCE #8195CE

triadic

#81BCCE #CE81BC #BCCE81

tetradic

#81BCCE #B981CE #CE9381 #95CE81

square

#81BCCE #B981CE #CE9381 #95CE81

split-complementary

#81BCCE #CE8195 #CEB981

monochromatic

#3C8399 #55A5BD #81BCCE #ADD3DF #D9EBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#81BCCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#81BCCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81BCCE

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81BCCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81BCCE	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B8CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AFCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64C2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81bcce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 188, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.066 218.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8d0dd',
    500: '#81bcce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81bcce;
$custom-light: #a8d0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81bcce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.026,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76114,
    "c": 0.066,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81BCCE

secondary

#E2CFC9

accent

#4E2EB7

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#101415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #81BCCE

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

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