#81D5EA#81D5EA

#81D5EA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.087 H 215.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81D5EA
RGB	rgb(129, 213, 234)
HSL	hsl(192, 71%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(192, 45%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.9%, 9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.85, -20.12, -18.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.85, 27.19, 222.28°)
OKLab	oklab(82.7% -0.0705 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(82.7% 0.087 215.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.6933, 58.1925, 86.5450)
Luminance	0.5820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81D5EA #EA9681

analogous

#81EACA #81D5EA #81A0EA

triadic

#81D5EA #EA81D5 #D5EA81

tetradic

#81D5EA #CA81EA #EA9681 #A0EA81

square

#81D5EA #CA81EA #EA9681 #A0EA81

split-complementary

#81D5EA #EA81A0 #EACA81

monochromatic

#22ACCE #4DC4E1 #81D5EA #B5E6F3 #E5F6FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#81D5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#81D5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81D5EA

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81D5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81D5EA	1.00	1.66	12.64	12.64
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6D0EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C3EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FDDDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81d5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 213, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.087 215.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abe2f0',
    500: '#81d5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81d5ea;
$custom-light: #abe2f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81d5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82702,
    "c": 0.08665,
    "h": 215.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81D5EA

secondary

#C3644C

accent

#3912D3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #81D5EA

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

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