#83A3CD#83A3CD

#83A3CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.071 H 255.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83A3CD
RGB	rgb(131, 163, 205)
HSL	hsl(214, 43%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(214, 36%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 20.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.08, -0.69, -24.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.08, 24.99, 268.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.7% -0.018 -0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(70.7% 0.071 255.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.4733, 35.4258, 62.8199)
Luminance	0.3543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83A3CD #CDAD83

analogous

#83C8CD #83A3CD #8883CD

triadic

#83A3CD #CD83A3 #A3CD83

tetradic

#83A3CD #CD83C8 #CDAD83 #83CD88

square

#83A3CD #CD83C8 #CDAD83 #83CD88

split-complementary

#83A3CD #CD8883 #C8CD83

monochromatic

#3D6598 #5783BB #83A3CD #AFC3DF #DAE4F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#83A3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#83A3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83A3CD

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83A3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83A3CD	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9DCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BACB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83a3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 163, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.071 255.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9bedc',
    500: '#83a3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83a3cd;
$custom-light: #a9bedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83a3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.054,
    "s": 42.529,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70702,
    "c": 0.07136,
    "h": 255.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83A3CD

secondary

#E2D8CA

accent

#7C30B6

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #83A3CD

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

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