#83A5BB#83A5BB

#83A5BB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.049 H 236.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83A5BB
RGB	rgb(131, 165, 187)
HSL	hsl(204, 29%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(204, 30%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 11.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.00, -6.40, -15.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.00, 16.40, 247.04°)
OKLab	oklab(70.43% -0.0271 -0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(70.43% 0.049 236.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.7821, 35.3220, 52.1473)
Luminance	0.3532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83A5BB #BB9983

analogous

#83BBB5 #83A5BB #8389BB

triadic

#83A5BB #BB83A5 #A5BB83

tetradic

#83A5BB #B583BB #BB9983 #89BB83

square

#83A5BB #B583BB #BB9983 #89BB83

split-complementary

#83A5BB #BB8389 #BBB583

monochromatic

#45687E #5B88A5 #83A5BB #ABC2D1 #D2DEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#83A5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#83A5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83A5BB

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83A5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83A5BB	1.00	2.60	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA4BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939EBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72ABAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83a5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 165, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.049 236.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8bfcf',
    500: '#83a5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83a5bb;
$custom-light: #a8bfcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83a5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.571,
    "s": 29.167,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70429,
    "c": 0.04939,
    "h": 236.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83A5BB

secondary

#D7CBC3

accent

#673EA8

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F7F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101213

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #83A5BB

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

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