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#81C1DE Sky Blue

The nearest named color to #81C1DE is Sky Blue (#87CEEB).

#81C1DE

Sky Blue

What are the RGB, HSL, OKLCH and CMYK values of #81C1DE?

HEX
#81C1DE
RGB
rgb(129, 193, 222)
HSL
hsl(199, 58%, 69%)
OKLCH
oklch(77.8% 0.077 228)
CMYK
42, 13, 0, 13

#81C1DE has a contrast ratio of 1.98:1 against white and 10.62:1 against black, so black is the better background for text in this color and dark text reads best on it.

Contrast checker

Text color (rows) on background (columns), scored against WCAG 2.2. White and near-black text on this color.

WCAG contrast ratio for each text and background color combination
Text ↓ / Bg → #81C1DE
#81C1DE
Same color
White
2.0Fail
Near-black
8.8AAA

AAA ≥ 7:1 · AA ≥ 4.5:1 body text· AA18 ≥ 3:1 large text (18pt, or 14pt bold) only

Text that works on each color

  • Near-black on #81C1DE · 8.8:1

Tints and shades of #81C1DE

Same hue and chroma in OKLCH, lighter to darker.

  1. #E9F8FF
  2. #9FE0FE
  3. #81C1DE
  4. #63A2BE
  5. #4585A0
  6. #276883
  7. #004D66
  8. #003244
  9. #001924

Colors that go with #81C1DE

Six harmony rules built from this color. Open any in the Studio.

Color blindness check

About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women see color differently. Simulated with the Machado (2009) model.

Typical
Deuteranopia

No green cones — the most common form. Sky Blue, #81C1DE and Medium Turquoise, #61D6C0; Sky Blue, #81C1DE and Periwinkle, #D0C2EF; Medium Turquoise, #61D6C0 and Periwinkle, #D0C2EF become hard to tell apart — don't rely on color alone to separate them.

Export

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:root {
  --sky-blue-1: #81C1DE; /* Sky Blue */
}

Palettes, gradients and meshes with #81C1DE

Items using this color or one perceptually close to it, closest first.

Palettes (17)

Gradients (5)

Mesh gradients (5)