#83ABE5#83ABE5

#83ABE5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.095 H 257.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83ABE5
RGB	rgb(131, 171, 229)
HSL	hsl(216, 65%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(216, 43%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.8%, 25.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, 1.35, -33.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 33.44, 272.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% -0.0205 -0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.095 257.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.0612, 39.6060, 79.7527)
Luminance	0.3961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83ABE5 #E5BD83

analogous

#83DCE5 #83ABE5 #8C83E5

triadic

#83ABE5 #E583AB #ABE583

tetradic

#83ABE5 #E583DC #E5BD83 #83E58C

square

#83ABE5 #E583DC #E5BD83 #83E58C

split-complementary

#83ABE5 #E58C83 #DCE583

monochromatic

#2969C4 #5089DA #83ABE5 #B6CDF0 #E6EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#83ABE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#83ABE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83ABE5

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83ABE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83ABE5	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95AEE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA5E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5FB8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83abe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 171, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.095 257.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abc3ed',
    500: '#83abe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83abe5;
$custom-light: #abc3ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83abe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.51,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73446,
    "c": 0.09532,
    "h": 257.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83ABE5

secondary

#EFE4D5

accent

#8318CD

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #83ABE5

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

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