#83A5EA#83A5EA

#83A5EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.108 H 263.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83A5EA
RGB	rgb(131, 165, 234)
HSL	hsl(220, 71%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(220, 44%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(44%, 29.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.78, 6.13, -38.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.78, 38.82, 279.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.0117 -0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.108 263.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.6617, 37.6739, 83.1132)
Luminance	0.3768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83A5EA #EAC883

analogous

#83D9EA #83A5EA #9583EA

triadic

#83A5EA #EA83A5 #A5EA83

tetradic

#83A5EA #EA83D9 #EAC883 #83EA95

square

#83A5EA #EA83D9 #EAC883 #83EA95

split-complementary

#83A5EA #EA9583 #D9EA83

monochromatic

#235CCF #4F7FE1 #83A5EA #B7CBF3 #E5ECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#83A5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#83A5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83A5EA

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83A5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83A5EA	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CAAED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A1E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5DB4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83a5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 165, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.108 263.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abbff1',
    500: '#83a5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83a5ea;
$custom-light: #abbff1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83a5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.194,
    "s": 71.034,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72414,
    "c": 0.10791,
    "h": 263.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83A5EA

secondary

#F2E9D7

accent

#9312D3

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #83A5EA

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

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