#83AAE9#83AAE9

#83AAE9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.101 H 259.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83AAE9
RGB	rgb(131, 170, 233)
HSL	hsl(217, 70%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(217, 44%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 27%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, 3.03, -35.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 35.89, 274.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% -0.018 -0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.101 259.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.4380, 39.4556, 82.6653)
Luminance	0.3946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83AAE9 #E9C283

analogous

#83DDE9 #83AAE9 #8F83E9

triadic

#83AAE9 #E983AA #AAE983

tetradic

#83AAE9 #E983DD #E9C283 #83E98F

square

#83AAE9 #E983DD #E9C283 #83E98F

split-complementary

#83AAE9 #E98F83 #DDE983

monochromatic

#2465CD #4F86E0 #83AAE9 #B7CEF2 #E5EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#83AAE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#83AAE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83AAE9

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83AAE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83AAE9	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93AEEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A4E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5DB8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83aae9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 170, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.101 259.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abc3f0',
    500: '#83aae9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83aae9;
$custom-light: #abc3f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83aae9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.059,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73415,
    "c": 0.10148,
    "h": 259.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83AAE9

secondary

#F1E7D7

accent

#8914D2

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #83AAE9

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

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