#81BED8#81BED8

#81BED8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.073 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81BED8
RGB	rgb(129, 190, 216)
HSL	hsl(198, 53%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(198, 40%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 12%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.84, -12.98, -19.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.84, 23.18, 235.95°)
OKLab	oklab(76.93% -0.05 -0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(76.93% 0.073 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.8571, 46.4493, 71.8178)
Luminance	0.4645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81BED8 #D89B81

analogous

#81D8C6 #81BED8 #8192D8

triadic

#81BED8 #D881BE #BED881

tetradic

#81BED8 #C681D8 #D89B81 #92D881

square

#81BED8 #C681D8 #D89B81 #92D881

split-complementary

#81BED8 #D88192 #D8C681

monochromatic

#3587AA #52A6CA #81BED8 #B0D6E6 #DEEEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#81BED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#81BED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81BED8

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81BED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81BED8	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BBD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B1D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5FC6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81bed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 190, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.073 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9d1e4',
    500: '#81bed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81bed8;
$custom-light: #a9d1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81bed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.931,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76926,
    "c": 0.0728,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81BED8

secondary

#E8D5CD

accent

#5425C0

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#101415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #81BED8

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

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