#83A5CD#83A5CD

#83A5CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.070 H 252.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83A5CD
RGB	rgb(131, 165, 205)
HSL	hsl(212, 43%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(212, 36%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 19.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.63, -1.81, -24.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.63, 24.21, 265.72°)
OKLab	oklab(71.13% -0.0206 -0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(71.13% 0.07 252.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.8312, 36.1417, 62.9392)
Luminance	0.3614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83A5CD #CDAB83

analogous

#83CACD #83A5CD #8683CD

triadic

#83A5CD #CD83A5 #A5CD83

tetradic

#83A5CD #CD83CA #CDAB83 #83CD86

square

#83A5CD #CD83CA #CDAB83 #83CD86

split-complementary

#83A5CD #CD8683 #CACD83

monochromatic

#3D6798 #5785BB #83A5CD #AFC5DF #DAE4F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#83A5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#83A5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83A5CD

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83A5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83A5CD	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9FCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BAEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83a5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 165, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.070 252.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9bfdc',
    500: '#83a5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83a5cd;
$custom-light: #a9bfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83a5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.432,
    "s": 42.529,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71133,
    "c": 0.06979,
    "h": 252.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83A5CD

secondary

#E2D7CA

accent

#7830B6

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F7FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #83A5CD

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

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