#81e5ff

Color #81e5ff

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 10.27 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-300 #53eafd · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#81e5ff

RGB

rgb(129, 229, 255)

HSL

hsl(192.4, 100%, 75.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(192.4, 49.4%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(49.4%, 10.2%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(85.97, -22.56, -21.66)

LCH

lch(85.97, 31.27, 223.83)

OKLCH

oklch(87%, 0.1003, 216.65)

HWB

hwb(192.4, 50.6%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ff9b81

Analogous

#81ffda

#81e5ff

#81a6ff

Triadic

#81e5ff

#ff81e5

#e5ff81

Split-complementary

#81e5ff

#ff81a6

#ffda81

Tetradic

#81e5ff

#9b81ff

#ff9b81

#e5ff81

Square

#81e5ff

#da81ff

#ff9b81

#a6ff81

Shades

Color #81e5ff mixed toward black.

#41d8ff

#01cbff

#0098c0

#006680

#003340

Tints

Color #81e5ff mixed toward white.

#96e9ff

#abeeff

#c0f2ff

#d5f6ff

#eafbff

Tones

Color #81e5ff mixed toward gray.

#8cdff5

#96d9ea

#a1d2e0

#abccd5

#b6c6cb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.59:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.59:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b5b6f9 · ΔE 24.9

Deuteranopia

#afa7f8 · ΔE 27.3

Tritanopia

#88f4f3 · ΔE 10

Achromatopsia

#d7d7d7 · ΔE 20.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #81e5ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#81e5ff]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Frequently asked questions

#81e5ff (#81e5ff) is rgb(129, 229, 255) in RGB.

No, #81e5ff is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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