#83A8EA#83A8EA

#83A8EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.105 H 261.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83A8EA
RGB	rgb(131, 168, 234)
HSL	hsl(218, 71%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(218, 44%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(44%, 28.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, 4.43, -37.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 37.35, 276.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% -0.0153 -0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.105 261.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.2092, 38.7688, 83.2957)
Luminance	0.3877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83A8EA #EAC583

analogous

#83DBEA #83A8EA #9283EA

triadic

#83A8EA #EA83A8 #A8EA83

tetradic

#83A8EA #EA83DB #EAC583 #83EA92

square

#83A8EA #EA83DB #EAC583 #83EA92

split-complementary

#83A8EA #EA9283 #DBEA83

monochromatic

#2361CF #4F83E1 #83A8EA #B7CDF3 #E5EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#83A8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#83A8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83A8EA

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83A8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83A8EA	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90ADED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A3E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CB6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83a8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 168, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.105 261.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abc1f1',
    500: '#83a8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83a8ea;
$custom-light: #abc1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83a8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.447,
    "s": 71.034,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73041,
    "c": 0.10479,
    "h": 261.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83A8EA

secondary

#F2E8D7

accent

#8E12D3

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #83A8EA

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

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