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#81BCCE

#81bcce ≈ Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#81bcce is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 50.59% red, 73.73% green and 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 37.38% cyan, 8.74% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 194.03°, with 44% saturation and 65.69% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.02:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sky Blue (#87ceeb), ΔE 5.62.

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Relative luminance0.4509

Complementary

  1. #81bcce
  2. #ce9381

Split complementary

  1. #81bcce
  2. #ce8196
  3. #ceba81

Analogous

  1. #81ceba
  2. #81bcce
  3. #8196ce

Triadic

  1. #81bcce
  2. #ce81bc
  3. #bcce81

Tetradic

  1. #81bcce
  2. #9381ce
  3. #ce9381
  4. #bcce81

Square

  1. #81bcce
  2. #ba81ce
  3. #ce9381
  4. #96ce81

Monochromatic

  1. #337083
  2. #4a9fb9
  3. #81bcce
  4. #b8d9e3
  5. #eff7f9

Shades

#81bcce mixed progressively with black.

  1. #81bcce
  2. #74a9b9
  3. #6796a5
  4. #5a8490
  5. #4d717c
  6. #415e67
  7. #344b52
  8. #27383e
  9. #1a2629
  10. #0d1315
  11. #000000

Tints

#81bcce mixed progressively with white.

  1. #81bcce
  2. #8ec3d3
  3. #9ac9d8
  4. #a7d0dd
  5. #b3d7e2
  6. #c0dee7
  7. #cde4eb
  8. #d9ebf0
  9. #e6f2f5
  10. #f2f8fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#81bcce mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #81bcce
  2. #81b6c6
  3. #81b0be
  4. #81aab7
  5. #81a4af
  6. #819ea7
  7. #80989f
  8. #809297
  9. #808c90
  10. #808688
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.1:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b3b3b3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a1b7be ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b0b8cf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a4afce ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #64c2c1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a0bacf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #97b4ce ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #71c0c7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-81bcce {
  color: #81bcce;
}
Background
.bg-81bcce {
  background-color: #81bcce;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-81bcce {
  border: 2px solid #81bcce;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #81bcce;
  --color-primary-rgb: 129 188 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 194 44% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-81bcce {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #81bcce, #8196ce);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-81bcce {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(129 188 206 / 0.35);
}

#87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 5.62 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.09 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 6.66 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 8.24 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 8.38 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 8.68 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.04 #7e4331 Inverted #b3b3b3 Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#81bcce  rgb(129, 188, 206)  hsl(194, 44%, 66%)  Sky Blue
#ce9381  rgb(206, 147, 129)  hsl(14, 44%, 66%)  Dark Salmon
#ce81bc  rgb(206, 129, 188)  hsl(314, 44%, 66%)  Sky Magenta
#bcce81  rgb(188, 206, 129)  hsl(74, 44%, 66%)  Olivine