Information about #81A9EE color

#81A9EE color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #81A9EE is classified in the Register under the Azure Color Family, with High Saturation and Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(129, 169, 238) — 50.6% red, 66.3% green, 93.3% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 43 / 27 / 0 / 7. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

A vivid, lively azure, #81A9EE has a delicate, washed-out lightness. Expect to see shades like this in airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Resolutiion Blue (#7FA3E6). Slightly further away sit Light Sapphire Blue (#8BA2E7) and Portage (#8B9FEE).

In RGB terms — rgb(129, 169, 238) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 8.8:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.4:1. #81A9EE has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#81A9EE color variations

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#81A9EE color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #81A9EE

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#81A9EE
  • RGB129, 169, 238
  • CMYK43, 27, 0, 7
  • CSSrgb(129, 169, 238)
  • HSL218°, 76%, 72%
  • HSL Precise217.982°, 76.224%, 71.961%
  • HSV218°, 46%, 93%
  • HSB218°, 46%, 93%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.506
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.663
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.933
  • GLSLvec3(0.506, 0.663, 0.933)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.506, 0.663, 0.933, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.506, 0.663, 0.933)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB50.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB66.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB93.3%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX ID81A9EE
  • DECIMAL ID8497646
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01