Information about #81ABCE color

#81ABCE color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#81ABCE falls into the Azure Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(129, 171, 206) — 50.6% red, 67.1% green, 80.8% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 30 / 14 / 0 / 19. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #81ABCE reads as a clearly saturated steel-blue azure and 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 Blake (#88A7C8). Slightly further away sit Polo Blue (#8AA7CC) and Metallic Glacier (#89B1C2).

In RGB terms — rgb(129, 171, 206) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 8.6:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.4:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #81ABCE is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#81ABCE color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#81ABCE 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 #81ABCE

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

Blake color link
Blake

#88A7C8

Polo Blue color link
Polo Blue

#8AA7CC

Seagull color link
Seagull

#77B7D0

Iceberg color link
Iceberg

#71A6D2

Delta Blue color link
Delta Blue

#7C9ACD

Vista Blue color link
Vista Blue

#7C9ED9

Glacier color link
Glacier

#78B1BF

Zephyr color link
Zephyr

#809AC6

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#81ABCE
  • RGB129, 171, 206
  • CMYK30, 14, 0, 19
  • CSSrgb(129, 171, 206)
  • HSL207°, 44%, 66%
  • HSL Precise207.273°, 44%, 65.686%
  • HSV207°, 37%, 81%
  • HSB207°, 37%, 81%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.506
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.671
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.808
  • GLSLvec3(0.506, 0.671, 0.808)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.506, 0.671, 0.808, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.506, 0.671, 0.808)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB50.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB67.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB80.8%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX ID81ABCE
  • DECIMAL ID8498126
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01