#81CEEB#81CEEB

#81CEEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.086 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81CEEB
RGB	rgb(129, 206, 235)
HSL	hsl(196, 73%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(196, 45%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 12.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.93, -16.29, -21.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.93, 27.15, 233.14°)
OKLab	oklab(81.19% -0.062 -0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(81.19% 0.086 224)
XYZ	xyz(46.1145, 54.8045, 86.7294)
Luminance	0.5481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#81CEEB #EB9E81

analogous

#81EBD3 #81CEEB #8199EB

triadic

#81CEEB #EB81CE #CEEB81

tetradic

#81CEEB #D381EB #EB9E81 #99EB81

square

#81CEEB #D381EB #EB9E81 #99EB81

split-complementary

#81CEEB #EB8199 #EBD381

monochromatic

#21A1D1 #4CB9E3 #81CEEB #B6E3F3 #E5F5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#81CEEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#81CEEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81CEEB

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81CEEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81CEEB	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BECAED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBEEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50D7D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81ceeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 206, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.086 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abddf1',
    500: '#81ceeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81ceeb;
$custom-light: #abddf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81ceeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.415,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81185,
    "c": 0.08629,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.54808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81CEEB

secondary

#C56D4C

accent

#4611D5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #81CEEB

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

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