#81CAEF#81CAEF

#81CAEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.090 H 231.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81CAEF
RGB	rgb(129, 202, 239)
HSL	hsl(200, 77%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(200, 46%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 15.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.96, -13.14, -25.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.96, 28.55, 242.61°)
OKLab	oklab(80.46% -0.0559 -0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(80.46% 0.09 231.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.7482, 53.1368, 89.4903)
Luminance	0.5314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#81CAEF #EFA681

analogous

#81EFDD #81CAEF #8193EF

triadic

#81CAEF #EF81CA #CAEF81

tetradic

#81CAEF #DD81EF #EFA681 #93EF81

square

#81CAEF #DD81EF #EFA681 #93EF81

split-complementary

#81CAEF #EF8193 #EFDD81

monochromatic

#1C9ADA #4BB3E8 #81CAEF #B7E1F6 #E4F4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#81CAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#81CAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81CAEF

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81CAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81CAEF	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C8F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BBEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4ED4D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81caef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 202, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.090 231.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abdaf4',
    500: '#81caef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81caef;
$custom-light: #abdaf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81caef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.182,
    "s": 77.465,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80457,
    "c": 0.08975,
    "h": 231.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81CAEF

secondary

#C9754B

accent

#510CDA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #81CAEF

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

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