Information about #81C9ED color

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Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #81C9ED is classified in the Register under the Azure Color Family, with High Saturation and Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(129, 201, 237) — 50.6% red, 78.8% green, 92.9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 42 / 14 / 0 / 7. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

A energetic, saturated steel-blue azure, #81C9ED appears airy and pastel-like. Expect to see shades like this in clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Sky Blue (#87CEEB). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Bleu Celeste (#7EC0EE) and Baby Blue (#89CFF0).

In RGB terms — rgb(129, 201, 237) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #81C9ED background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 11.5:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 1.8:1. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#81C9ED color variations

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

#81C9ED color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#81C9ED color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#81C9ED color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#81C9ED color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#81C9ED 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
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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
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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
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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
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Tetradic

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

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

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

Square color scheme
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#EDA682
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Nearest named colors to #81C9ED

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

Sky Blue color link
Sky Blue

#87CEEB

Bleu Celeste color link
Bleu Celeste

#7EC0EE

Baby Blue color link
Baby Blue

#89CFF0

Lightblue color link
Lightblue

#7BC8F6

Anakiwa color link
Anakiwa

#8CCEEA

Middle Blue color link
Middle Blue

#7ED4E6

Light Cerulean color link
Light Cerulean

#8BD0E7

Sky color link
Sky

#82CAFC

Light Sky Blue color link
Light Sky Blue

#87CEFA

Pale Cyan color link
Pale Cyan

#87D3F8

Spray color link
Spray

#7ECDDD

Medium Sky Blue color link
Medium Sky Blue

#80DAEB

#81C9ED color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#81C9ED
  • RGB129, 201, 237
  • CMYK42, 14, 0, 7
  • CSSrgb(129, 201, 237)
  • HSL200°, 75%, 72%
  • HSL Precise200°, 75%, 71.765%
  • HSV200°, 46%, 93%
  • HSB200°, 46%, 93%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.506
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.788
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.929
  • GLSLvec3(0.506, 0.788, 0.929)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.506, 0.788, 0.929, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.506, 0.788, 0.929)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB50.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB78.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB92.9%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX ID81C9ED
  • DECIMAL ID8505837
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers23 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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