#81CAEB#81CAEB

#81CAEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.086 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81CAEB
RGB	rgb(129, 202, 235)
HSL	hsl(199, 73%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(199, 45%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 14%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.82, -14.22, -23.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.82, 27.39, 238.74°)
OKLab	oklab(80.3% -0.0574 -0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(80.3% 0.086 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.1638, 52.9030, 86.4125)
Luminance	0.5291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81CAEB #EBA281

analogous

#81EBD7 #81CAEB #8195EB

triadic

#81CAEB #EB81CA #CAEB81

tetradic

#81CAEB #D781EB #EBA281 #95EB81

square

#81CAEB #D781EB #EBA281 #95EB81

split-complementary

#81CAEB #EB8195 #EBD781

monochromatic

#219AD1 #4CB4E3 #81CAEB #B6E0F3 #E5F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#81CAEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#81CAEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81CAEB

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81CAEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81CAEB	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C7ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABBEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51D4D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81caeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 202, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.086 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abdaf1',
    500: '#81caeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81caeb;
$custom-light: #abdaf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81caeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.679,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80302,
    "c": 0.08649,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81CAEB

secondary

#C5714C

accent

#4E11D5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #81CAEB

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

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