#83A5CC#83A5CC

#83A5CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.069 H 252.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83A5CC
RGB	rgb(131, 165, 204)
HSL	hsl(212, 42%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(212, 36%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 19.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.59, -2.07, -23.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.59, 23.73, 265.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.09% -0.0209 -0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(71.09% 0.069 252.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.7109, 36.0935, 62.3055)
Luminance	0.3609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83A5CC #CCAA83

analogous

#83C9CC #83A5CC #8583CC

triadic

#83A5CC #CC83A5 #A5CC83

tetradic

#83A5CC #CC83C9 #CCAA83 #83CC85

square

#83A5CC #CC83C9 #CCAA83 #83CC85

split-complementary

#83A5CC #CC8583 #C9CC83

monochromatic

#3E6797 #5886BA #83A5CC #AEC4DE #DAE4F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#83A5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#83A5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83A5CC

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83A5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83A5CC	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9FCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BAEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83a5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 165, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.069 252.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9bfdb',
    500: '#83a5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83a5cc;
$custom-light: #a9bfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83a5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.055,
    "s": 41.714,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71092,
    "c": 0.06855,
    "h": 252.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83A5CC

secondary

#E2D6C9

accent

#7731B5

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F7FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #83A5CC

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

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