#81BDEE#81BDEE

#81BDEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.094 H 244.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81BDEE
RGB	rgb(129, 189, 238)
HSL	hsl(207, 76%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(207, 46%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 20.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.34, -6.51, -30.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.34, 31.05, 257.89°)
OKLab	oklab(77.58% -0.0411 -0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(77.58% 0.094 244)
XYZ	xyz(42.6782, 47.2324, 87.7402)
Luminance	0.4723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81BDEE #EEB281

analogous

#81EEE8 #81BDEE #8187EE

triadic

#81BDEE #EE81BD #BDEE81

tetradic

#81BDEE #E881EE #EEB281 #87EE81

square

#81BDEE #E881EE #EEB281 #87EE81

split-complementary

#81BDEE #EE8187 #EEE881

monochromatic

#1D84D8 #4BA1E7 #81BDEE #B7D9F5 #E4F1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#81BDEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#81BDEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81BDEE

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81BDEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81BDEE	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BDF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB2ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52C9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81bdee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 189, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.094 244.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81bdee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.972,
    "s": 76.224,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77582,
    "c": 0.09385,
    "h": 244
  },
  "luminance": 0.47235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81BDEE

secondary

#F3E4D8

accent

#680DD8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #81BDEE

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

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