#81BCED#81BCED

#81BCED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.093 H 244.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81BCED
RGB	rgb(129, 188, 237)
HSL	hsl(207, 75%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(207, 46%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.6%, 20.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.03, -6.25, -30.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.03, 30.93, 258.34°)
OKLab	oklab(77.32% -0.0402 -0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(77.32% 0.093 244.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.3173, 46.7451, 86.8971)
Luminance	0.4675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81BCED #EDB281

analogous

#81EDE8 #81BCED #8186ED

triadic

#81BCED #ED81BC #BCED81

tetradic

#81BCED #E881ED #EDB281 #86ED81

square

#81BCED #E881ED #EDB281 #86ED81

split-complementary

#81BCED #ED8186 #EDE881

monochromatic

#1E82D5 #4BA0E5 #81BCED #B7D8F5 #E4F1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#81BCED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#81BCED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81BCED

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81BCED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81BCED	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BCEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B1EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53C8CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81bced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 188, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.093 244.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aad0f3',
    500: '#81bced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81bced;
$custom-light: #aad0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81bced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.222,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77323,
    "c": 0.09333,
    "h": 244.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81BCED

secondary

#F3E4D7

accent

#690ED7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #81BCED

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

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