#81CEFA#81CEFA

#81CEFA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.098 H 234.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81CEFA
RGB	rgb(129, 206, 250)
HSL	hsl(202, 92%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(202, 48%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 17.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.45, -12.21, -28.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.45, 31.42, 247.13°)
OKLab	oklab(81.77% -0.0567 -0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(81.77% 0.098 234.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.3737, 55.7081, 98.6276)
Luminance	0.5571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81CEFA #FAAD81

analogous

#81FAE9 #81CEFA #8192FA

triadic

#81CEFA #FA81CE #CEFA81

tetradic

#81CEFA #E981FA #FAAD81 #92FA81

square

#81CEFA #E981FA #FAAD81 #92FA81

split-complementary

#81CEFA #FA8192 #FAE981

monochromatic

#0BA0F5 #46B7F8 #81CEFA #BCE5FC #E2F4FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#81CEFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#81CEFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81CEFA

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81CEFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81CEFA	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9CCFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BFF9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44DADC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81cefa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 206, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.098 234.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acddfc',
    500: '#81cefa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81cefa;
$custom-light: #acddfc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81cefa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.818,
    "s": 92.366,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81769,
    "c": 0.09834,
    "h": 234.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81CEFA

secondary

#D87C48

accent

#5300E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFF

border

#D1D5D7

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #81CEFA

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

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