#81b0fa

Color #81b0fa

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 13.24 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#81b0fa

RGB

rgb(129, 176, 250)

HSL

hsl(216.7, 92.4%, 74.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.7, 48.4%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(48.4%, 29.6%, 0%, 2%)

LAB

lab(71.29, 4.05, -41.57)

LCH

lch(71.29, 41.77, 275.56)

OKLCH

oklch(75.4%, 0.1187, 259.22)

HWB

hwb(216.7, 50.6%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#facb81

Analogous

#81ecfa

#81b0fa

#8e81fa

Triadic

#81b0fa

#fa81b0

#b0fa81

Split-complementary

#81b0fa

#fa8e81

#ecfa81

Tetradic

#81b0fa

#cb81fa

#facb81

#b0fa81

Square

#81b0fa

#fa81ec

#facb81

#81fa8e

Shades

Color #81b0fa mixed toward black.

#448af8

#0a64f3

#074bb6

#05327a

#02193d

Tints

Color #81b0fa mixed toward white.

#96bdfb

#abcafc

#c0d7fd

#d5e5fd

#eaf2fe

Tones

Color #81b0fa mixed toward gray.

#8bb2f0

#95b4e6

#9fb7dc

#a9b9d2

#b3bbc8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.52:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.52:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9898eb · ΔE 11.5

Deuteranopia

#9591e7 · ΔE 13

Tritanopia

#84dedb · ΔE 26.3

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 21.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #81b0fa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#81b0fa]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#81b0fa (#81b0fa) is rgb(129, 176, 250) in RGB.

No, #81b0fa is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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