#83A5BE#83A5BE

#83A5BE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.052 H 240.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83A5BE
RGB	rgb(131, 165, 190)
HSL	hsl(205, 31%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(205, 31%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 13.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.10, -5.65, -16.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.10, 17.55, 251.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.54% -0.0259 -0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(70.54% 0.052 240.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.1066, 35.4518, 53.8564)
Luminance	0.3545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83A5BE #BE9C83

analogous

#83BEB9 #83A5BE #8387BE

triadic

#83A5BE #BE83A5 #A5BE83

tetradic

#83A5BE #B983BE #BE9C83 #87BE83

square

#83A5BE #B983BE #BE9C83 #87BE83

split-complementary

#83A5BE #BE8387 #BEB983

monochromatic

#446882 #5B88A9 #83A5BE #ABC2D3 #D3DFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#83A5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#83A5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83A5BE

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83A5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83A5BE	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)

#9AA4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939EBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71ABAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83a5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 165, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.052 240.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8bfd1',
    500: '#83a5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83a5be;
$custom-light: #a8bfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83a5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.424,
    "s": 31.217,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70541,
    "c": 0.0524,
    "h": 240.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83A5BE

secondary

#D9CDC4

accent

#6A3CAA

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F7F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101214

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #83A5BE

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

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