#81CAEE#81CAEE

#81CAEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.089 H 230.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81CAEE
RGB	rgb(129, 202, 238)
HSL	hsl(200, 76%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(200, 46%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 15.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.92, -13.41, -24.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.92, 28.25, 241.67°)
OKLab	oklab(80.42% -0.0563 -0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(80.42% 0.089 230.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.6009, 53.0779, 88.7144)
Luminance	0.5308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81CAEE #EEA581

analogous

#81EEDC #81CAEE #8193EE

triadic

#81CAEE #EE81CA #CAEE81

tetradic

#81CAEE #DC81EE #EEA581 #93EE81

square

#81CAEE #DC81EE #EEA581 #93EE81

split-complementary

#81CAEE #EE8193 #EEDC81

monochromatic

#1D9AD8 #4BB3E7 #81CAEE #B7E1F5 #E4F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#81CAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#81CAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81CAEE

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81CAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81CAEE	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C8F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BBEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FD4D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81caee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 202, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.089 230.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abdaf3',
    500: '#81caee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81caee;
$custom-light: #abdaf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81caee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.817,
    "s": 76.224,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80418,
    "c": 0.08892,
    "h": 230.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81CAEE

secondary

#C8744B

accent

#500DD8

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #81CAEE

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

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