#81D5FD#81D5FD

#81D5FD is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.099 H 230.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81D5FD
RGB	rgb(129, 213, 253)
HSL	hsl(199, 97%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(199, 49%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 15.8%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.48, -15.02, -27.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.48, 31.27, 241.31°)
OKLab	oklab(83.42% -0.0635 -0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(83.42% 0.099 230.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.5706, 59.3434, 101.6990)
Luminance	0.5935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81D5FD #FDA981

analogous

#81FDE7 #81D5FD #8197FD

triadic

#81D5FD #FD81D5 #D5FD81

tetradic

#81D5FD #E781FD #FDA981 #97FD81

square

#81D5FD #E781FD #FDA981 #97FD81

split-complementary

#81D5FD #FD8197 #FDE781

monochromatic

#09ADFB #45C1FC #81D5FD #BDE9FE #E1F5FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#81D5FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.87

#81D5FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81D5FD

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81D5FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81D5FD	1.00	1.63	12.87	12.87
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1D2FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFC5FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3FE0E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81d5fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 213, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.099 230.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ace2fe',
    500: '#81d5fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81d5fd;
$custom-light: #ace2fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81d5fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.355,
    "s": 96.875,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83418,
    "c": 0.09911,
    "h": 230.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81D5FD

secondary

#DC7747

accent

#4A00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFF

border

#D1D5D7

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #81D5FD

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

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