#81CEEF#81CEEF

#81CEEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.089 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81CEEF
RGB	rgb(129, 206, 239)
HSL	hsl(198, 77%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(198, 46%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 13.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.06, -15.21, -23.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.06, 28.13, 237.26°)
OKLab	oklab(81.34% -0.0606 -0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(81.34% 0.089 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.6989, 55.0382, 89.8072)
Luminance	0.5504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81CEEF #EFA281

analogous

#81EFD9 #81CEEF #8197EF

triadic

#81CEEF #EF81CE #CEEF81

tetradic

#81CEEF #D981EF #EFA281 #97EF81

square

#81CEEF #D981EF #EFA281 #97EF81

split-complementary

#81CEEF #EF8197 #EFD981

monochromatic

#1CA1DA #4BB9E8 #81CEEF #B7E3F6 #E4F4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#81CEEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#81CEEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81CEEF

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81CEEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81CEEF	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCBF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBEEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DD8D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81ceef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 206, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.089 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abddf4',
    500: '#81ceef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81ceef;
$custom-light: #abddf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81ceef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 77.465,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81337,
    "c": 0.08915,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81CEEF

secondary

#C9714B

accent

#4A0CDA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #81CEEF

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

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