#81BEDE#81BEDE

#81BEDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.078 H 232.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81BEDE
RGB	rgb(129, 190, 222)
HSL	hsl(201, 58%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(201, 42%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.9%, 14.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.04, -11.40, -22.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.04, 24.91, 242.78°)
OKLab	oklab(77.16% -0.0478 -0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(77.16% 0.078 232)
XYZ	xyz(40.6470, 46.7653, 75.9778)
Luminance	0.4677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81BEDE #DEA181

analogous

#81DED0 #81BEDE #8190DE

triadic

#81BEDE #DE81BE #BEDE81

tetradic

#81BEDE #D081DE #DEA181 #90DE81

square

#81BEDE #D081DE #DEA181 #90DE81

split-complementary

#81BEDE #DE8190 #DED081

monochromatic

#2F87B5 #51A5D1 #81BEDE #B1D7EB #E2F0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#81BEDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#81BEDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81BEDE

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81BEDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81BEDE	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)

#AEBCE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B1DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BC7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81bede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 190, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.078 232.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9d1e8',
    500: '#81bede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81bede;
$custom-light: #a9d1e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81bede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.645,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77155,
    "c": 0.07764,
    "h": 232
  },
  "luminance": 0.46768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81BEDE

secondary

#EBD9D0

accent

#591FC6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #81BEDE

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

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