#83A5EF#83A5EF

#83A5EF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.115 H 264.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83A5EF
RGB	rgb(131, 165, 239)
HSL	hsl(221, 77%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(221, 45%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 31%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, 7.55, -40.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 41.43, 280.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% -0.0103 -0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.115 264.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.3902, 37.9653, 86.9497)
Luminance	0.3797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83A5EF #EFCD83

analogous

#83DBEF #83A5EF #9783EF

triadic

#83A5EF #EF83A5 #A5EF83

tetradic

#83A5EF #EF83DB #EFCD83 #83EF97

square

#83A5EF #EF83DB #EFCD83 #83EF97

split-complementary

#83A5EF #EF9783 #DBEF83

monochromatic

#1C58DB #4D7EE8 #83A5EF #B9CCF6 #E4EBFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#83A5EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#83A5EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83A5EF

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83A5EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83A5EF	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AABF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7EA1ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5AB5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83a5ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 165, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.115 264.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acbff4',
    500: '#83a5ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83a5ef;
$custom-light: #acbff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83a5ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.111,
    "s": 77.143,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72653,
    "c": 0.11467,
    "h": 264.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83A5EF

secondary

#F3EBD8

accent

#990CD9

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F5F7FD

border

#CFD0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #83A5EF

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

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