#81CFEB#81CFEB

#81CFEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.086 H 222.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81CFEB
RGB	rgb(129, 207, 235)
HSL	hsl(196, 73%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(196, 45%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 11.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.21, -16.80, -21.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.21, 27.13, 231.74°)
OKLab	oklab(81.41% -0.0632 -0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(81.41% 0.086 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.3560, 55.2875, 86.8099)
Luminance	0.5529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81CFEB #EB9D81

analogous

#81EBD2 #81CFEB #819AEB

triadic

#81CFEB #EB81CF #CFEB81

tetradic

#81CFEB #D281EB #EB9D81 #9AEB81

square

#81CFEB #D281EB #EB9D81 #9AEB81

split-complementary

#81CFEB #EB819A #EBD281

monochromatic

#21A2D1 #4CBBE3 #81CFEB #B6E3F3 #E5F5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#81CFEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#81CFEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81CFEB

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81CFEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81CFEB	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCBED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBFEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50D8D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81cfeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 207, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.086 222.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81cfeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.849,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81406,
    "c": 0.08632,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81CFEB

secondary

#C56C4C

accent

#4511D5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #81CFEB

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

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