#81CAEC#81CAEC

#81CAEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.087 H 229.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81CAEC
RGB	rgb(129, 202, 236)
HSL	hsl(199, 74%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(199, 45%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.3%, 14.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.85, -13.95, -23.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.85, 27.67, 239.73°)
OKLab	oklab(80.34% -0.057 -0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(80.34% 0.087 229.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.3087, 52.9610, 87.1755)
Luminance	0.5296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81CAEC #ECA381

analogous

#81ECD8 #81CAEC #8195EC

triadic

#81CAEC #EC81CA #CAEC81

tetradic

#81CAEC #D881EC #ECA381 #95EC81

square

#81CAEC #D881EC #ECA381 #95EC81

split-complementary

#81CAEC #EC8195 #ECD881

monochromatic

#209AD3 #4CB4E4 #81CAEC #B6E0F4 #E4F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#81CAEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#81CAEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81CAEC

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81CAEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81CAEC	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C7EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BBEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50D4D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81caec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 202, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.087 229.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abdaf2',
    500: '#81caec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81caec;
$custom-light: #abdaf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81caec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.065,
    "s": 73.793,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8034,
    "c": 0.08728,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81CAEC

secondary

#C6724B

accent

#4F10D6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #81CAEC

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

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