#81DCFF#81DCFF

#81DCFF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.100 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#81DCFF
RGB	rgb(129, 220, 255)
HSL	hsl(197, 100%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(197, 49%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 13.7%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.48, -18.05, -25.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.48, 31.19, 234.65°)
OKLab	oklab(85.03% -0.0706 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(85.03% 0.1 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.6897, 63.0692, 103.9853)
Luminance	0.6307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#81DCFF #FFA481

analogous

#81FFE3 #81DCFF #819DFF

triadic

#81DCFF #FF81DC #DCFF81

tetradic

#81DCFF #E381FF #FFA481 #9DFF81

square

#81DCFF #E381FF #FFA481 #9DFF81

split-complementary

#81DCFF #FF819D #FFE381

monochromatic

#07BAFF #44CBFF #81DCFF #BEEDFF #E0F6FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#81DCFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.61

#81DCFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #81DCFF

13.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##81DCFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##81DCFF	1.00	1.54	13.61	13.61
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D8FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6CAFF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3AE7E7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #81dcff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 220, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.100 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ade7ff',
    500: '#81dcff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #81dcff;
$custom-light: #ade7ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#81dcff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.667,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85031,
    "c": 0.09975,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#81DCFF

secondary

#DE7046

accent

#4000E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFF

border

#D1D5D7

text

#111618

muted

#818486

Preview Lab

Preview with #81DCFF

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

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