#81BDCA#81BDCA

#81BDCA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.064 H 212.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81BDCA
RGB	rgb(129, 189, 202)
HSL	hsl(191, 41%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(191, 36%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 6.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.10, -16.03, -12.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.10, 20.44, 218.37°)
OKLab	oklab(76.2% -0.0542 -0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(76.2% 0.064 212.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9079, 45.3243, 62.6166)
Luminance	0.4533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81BDCA #CA8E81

analogous

#81CAB3 #81BDCA #8199CA

triadic

#81BDCA #CA81BD #BDCA81

tetradic

#81BDCA #B381CA #CA8E81 #99CA81

square

#81BDCA #B381CA #CA8E81 #99CA81

split-complementary

#81BDCA #CA8199 #CAB381

monochromatic

#3E8493 #56A6B8 #81BDCA #ACD4DC #D7EAEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#81BDCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#81BDCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81BDCA

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81BDCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81BDCA	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	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)

#B3B9CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B0CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65C3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81bdca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 189, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.064 212.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8d1da',
    500: '#81bdca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81bdca;
$custom-light: #a8d1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81bdca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.685,
    "s": 40.782,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76196,
    "c": 0.06437,
    "h": 212.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81BDCA

secondary

#E0CBC7

accent

#4932B4

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FA

border

#CED2D3

text

#101414

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #81BDCA

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

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