#81BFDB#81BFDB

#81BFDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.075 H 228.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81BFDB
RGB	rgb(129, 191, 219)
HSL	hsl(199, 56%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(199, 41%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 12.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.22, -12.72, -20.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.22, 23.92, 237.88°)
OKLab	oklab(77.26% -0.0501 -0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(77.26% 0.075 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.4658, 47.0405, 73.9515)
Luminance	0.4704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81BFDB #DB9D81

analogous

#81DBCA #81BFDB #8192DB

triadic

#81BFDB #DB81BF #BFDB81

tetradic

#81BFDB #CA81DB #DB9D81 #92DB81

square

#81BFDB #CA81DB #DB9D81 #92DB81

split-complementary

#81BFDB #DB8192 #DBCA81

monochromatic

#3288AF #51A7CD #81BFDB #B1D7E9 #E0EFF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#81BFDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#81BFDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81BFDB

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81BFDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81BFDB	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BCDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B2DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5DC7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81bfdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 191, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.075 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9d2e6',
    500: '#81bfdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81bfdb;
$custom-light: #a9d2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81bfdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.667,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77261,
    "c": 0.07504,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81BFDB

secondary

#EAD7CE

accent

#5422C3

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#101415

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #81BFDB

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

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