#83A5EB#83A5EB

#83A5EB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.109 H 264.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83A5EB
RGB	rgb(131, 165, 235)
HSL	hsl(220, 72%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(220, 44%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.3%, 29.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.82, 6.41, -38.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.82, 39.34, 279.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.0114 -0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.109 264)
XYZ	xyz(37.8058, 37.7315, 83.8720)
Luminance	0.3773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83A5EB #EBC983

analogous

#83D9EB #83A5EB #9583EB

triadic

#83A5EB #EB83A5 #A5EB83

tetradic

#83A5EB #EB83D9 #EBC983 #83EB95

square

#83A5EB #EB83D9 #EBC983 #83EB95

split-complementary

#83A5EB #EB9583 #D9EB83

monochromatic

#225BD2 #4E7FE2 #83A5EB #B8CBF4 #E5ECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#83A5EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#83A5EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83A5EB

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83A5EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83A5EB	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CAAEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A1E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CB4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83a5eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 165, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.109 264.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abbff1',
    500: '#83a5eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83a5eb;
$custom-light: #abbff1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83a5eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.385,
    "s": 72.222,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72461,
    "c": 0.10926,
    "h": 264
  },
  "luminance": 0.37734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83A5EB

secondary

#F2E9D8

accent

#9511D4

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #83A5EB

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

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