#83A0CD#83A0CD

#83A0CD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.074 H 259.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83A0CD
RGB	rgb(131, 160, 205)
HSL	hsl(216, 43%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(216, 36%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 22%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.26, 0.98, -26.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.26, 26.26, 272.15°)
OKLab	oklab(70.06% -0.0141 -0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(70.06% 0.074 259)
XYZ	xyz(32.9469, 34.3731, 62.6444)
Luminance	0.3438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83A0CD #CDB083

analogous

#83C5CD #83A0CD #8B83CD

triadic

#83A0CD #CD83A0 #A0CD83

tetradic

#83A0CD #CD83C5 #CDB083 #83CD8B

square

#83A0CD #CD83C5 #CDB083 #83CD8B

split-complementary

#83A0CD #CD8B83 #C5CD83

monochromatic

#3D6198 #577FBB #83A0CD #AFC1DF #DAE3F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#83A0CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#83A0CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83A0CD

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83A0CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83A0CD	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889BCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CAAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83a0cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 160, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.074 259.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9bcdc',
    500: '#83a0cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83a0cd;
$custom-light: #a9bcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83a0cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.486,
    "s": 42.529,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70058,
    "c": 0.07398,
    "h": 259
  },
  "luminance": 0.34375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83A0CD

secondary

#E2D9CA

accent

#8130B6

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #83A0CD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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