#83ABC5#83ABC5

#83ABC5 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.058 H 237.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83ABC5
RGB	rgb(131, 171, 197)
HSL	hsl(204, 36%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(204, 34%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 13.2%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, -7.17, -17.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 19.02, 247.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% -0.0313 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.058 237.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.9978, 37.9806, 58.3521)
Luminance	0.3798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83ABC5 #C59D83

analogous

#83C5BE #83ABC5 #838AC5

triadic

#83ABC5 #C583AB #ABC583

tetradic

#83ABC5 #BE83C5 #C59D83 #8AC583

square

#83ABC5 #BE83C5 #C59D83 #8AC583

split-complementary

#83ABC5 #C5838A #C5BE83

monochromatic

#426F8C #598FB1 #83ABC5 #ADC7D9 #D6E3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#83ABC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#83ABC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83ABC5

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83ABC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83ABC5	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FAAC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A3C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DB2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83abc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 171, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.058 237.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9c4d6',
    500: '#83abc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83abc5;
$custom-light: #a9c4d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83abc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.636,
    "s": 36.264,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72126,
    "c": 0.05758,
    "h": 237.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83ABC5

secondary

#DDCFC6

accent

#6636AF

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FA

border

#CED1D3

text

#101214

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #83ABC5

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

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