#83AADD#83AADD

#83AADD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.086 H 255.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83AADD
RGB	rgb(131, 170, 221)
HSL	hsl(214, 57%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(214, 41%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 23.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, -0.30, -29.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 29.93, 269.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.0217 -0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.086 255.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.7817, 38.7931, 73.9423)
Luminance	0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83AADD #DDB683

analogous

#83D7DD #83AADD #8983DD

triadic

#83AADD #DD83AA #AADD83

tetradic

#83AADD #DD83D7 #DDB683 #83DD89

square

#83AADD #DD83D7 #DDB683 #83DD89

split-complementary

#83AADD #DD8983 #D7DD83

monochromatic

#316AB4 #5389D0 #83AADD #B3CBEA #E3ECF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#83AADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#83AADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83AADD

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83AADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83AADD	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97ACDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA3DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63B5BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83aadd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 170, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.086 255.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aac3e7',
    500: '#83aadd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83aadd;
$custom-light: #aac3e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83aadd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72882,
    "c": 0.08594,
    "h": 255.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83AADD

secondary

#EBE0D1

accent

#7E21C5

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FC

border

#CED0D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #83AADD

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

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