#81dcff

Color #81dcff

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 6.77 Nearest Tailwind class sky-300 #74d4ff · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#81dcff

RGB

rgb(129, 220, 255)

HSL

hsl(196.7, 100%, 75.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(196.7, 49.4%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(49.4%, 13.7%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(83.48, -18.05, -25.44)

LCH

lch(83.48, 31.19, 234.64)

OKLCH

oklch(85%, 0.0998, 224.96)

HWB

hwb(196.7, 50.6%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ffa481

Analogous

#81ffe3

#81dcff

#819dff

Triadic

#81dcff

#ff81dc

#dcff81

Split-complementary

#81dcff

#ff819d

#ffe381

Tetradic

#81dcff

#a481ff

#ffa481

#dcff81

Square

#81dcff

#e381ff

#ffa481

#9dff81

Shades

Color #81dcff mixed toward black.

#41caff

#01b8ff

#008bc0

#005c80

#002e40

Tints

Color #81dcff mixed toward white.

#96e2ff

#abe8ff

#c0edff

#d5f3ff

#eaf9ff

Tones

Color #81dcff mixed toward gray.

#8cd7f5

#96d3ea

#a1cee0

#abc9d5

#b6c5cb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.54:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.61:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.61:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b0b1f7 · ΔE 22.3

Deuteranopia

#aba3f5 · ΔE 24.7

Tritanopia

#88f1ef · ΔE 13.7

Achromatopsia

#d0d0d0 · ΔE 19.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #81dcff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#81dcff]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Frequently asked questions

#81dcff (#81dcff) is rgb(129, 220, 255) in RGB.

No, #81dcff is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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