#81CDFD#81CDFD

#81CDFD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.102 H 237.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81CDFD
RGB	rgb(129, 205, 253)
HSL	hsl(203, 97%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(203, 49%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 19%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.28, -10.85, -30.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.28, 32.66, 250.60°)
OKLab	oklab(81.67% -0.0545 -0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(81.67% 0.102 237.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.6078, 55.4178, 101.0447)
Luminance	0.5542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81CDFD #FDB181

analogous

#81FDEF #81CDFD #818FFD

triadic

#81CDFD #FD81CD #CDFD81

tetradic

#81CDFD #EF81FD #FDB181 #8FFD81

square

#81CDFD #EF81FD #FDB181 #8FFD81

split-complementary

#81CDFD #FD818F #FDEF81

monochromatic

#099DFB #45B5FC #81CDFD #BDE5FE #E1F3FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#81CDFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#81CDFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81CDFD

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81CDFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81CDFD	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7CCFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6BFFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41D9DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81cdfd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 205, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.102 237.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acdcfe',
    500: '#81cdfd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81cdfd;
$custom-light: #acdcfe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81cdfd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.226,
    "s": 96.875,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81673,
    "c": 0.10153,
    "h": 237.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81CDFD

secondary

#DC8047

accent

#5900E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFF

border

#D1D5D7

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #81CDFD

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

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