#81CEEA#81CEEA

#81CEEA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.086 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81CEEA
RGB	rgb(129, 206, 234)
HSL	hsl(196, 71%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(196, 45%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.9%, 12%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.90, -16.55, -21.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.90, 26.93, 232.07°)
OKLab	oklab(81.15% -0.0624 -0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(81.15% 0.086 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.9705, 54.7468, 85.9707)
Luminance	0.5475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81CEEA #EA9D81

analogous

#81EAD1 #81CEEA #8199EA

triadic

#81CEEA #EA81CE #CEEA81

tetradic

#81CEEA #D181EA #EA9D81 #99EA81

square

#81CEEA #D181EA #EA9D81 #99EA81

split-complementary

#81CEEA #EA8199 #EAD181

monochromatic

#22A0CE #4DBAE1 #81CEEA #B5E2F3 #E5F5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#81CEEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#81CEEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81CEEA

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81CEEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81CEEA	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BECAEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBEEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50D7D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81ceea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 206, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.086 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abddf0',
    500: '#81ceea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81ceea;
$custom-light: #abddf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81ceea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81147,
    "c": 0.08562,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81CEEA

secondary

#C36C4C

accent

#4612D3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #81CEEA

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

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