#81BDF9#81BDF9

#81BDF9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.106 H 249.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#81BDF9
RGBrgb(129, 189, 249)
HSLhsl(210, 91%, 74%)
HSVhsv(210, 48%, 98%)
CMYKcmyk(48.2%, 24.1%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LABlab(74.76, -3.42, -35.64)
CIE-LCHlch(74.76, 35.80, 264.52°)
OKLaboklab(78.05% -0.0375 -0.0995)
OKLCHoklch(78.05% 0.106 249.3)
XYZxyz(44.3438, 47.8987, 96.5128)
Luminance0.4790 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#81BDF9 #F9BD81
analogous
#81F9F9 #81BDF9 #8181F9
triadic
#81BDF9 #F981BD #BDF981
tetradic
#81BDF9 #F981F9 #F9BD81 #81F981
square
#81BDF9 #F981F9 #F9BD81 #81F981
split-complementary
#81BDF9 #F98181 #F9F981
monochromatic
#0C80F3 #479EF6 #81BDF9 #BBDCFC #E2F0FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98
#81BDF9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58
#81BDF9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81BDF9
10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##81BDF9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##81BDF91.001.9810.5810.58
#FFFFFF1.981.0021.0021.00
#00000010.5821.001.001.00
##00000010.5821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A5BFFC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#95B3F8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#49CBD1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #81bdf9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 189, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.106 249.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abd0fb',
    500: '#81bdf9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #81bdf9;
$custom-light: #abd0fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#81bdf9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 90.909,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78054,
    "c": 0.10634,
    "h": 249.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#81BDF9
secondary
#F6E6D5
accent
#7300E6
background
#FAFCFF
surface
#F5F9FF
border
#CFD2D7
text
#111417
muted
#808285

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#81BDF9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva