#83ABE9#83ABE9

#83ABE9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.101 H 259.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83ABE9
RGB	rgb(131, 171, 233)
HSL	hsl(216, 70%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(216, 44%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 26.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, 2.47, -35.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 35.43, 273.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% -0.0193 -0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.101 259)
XYZ	xyz(38.6262, 39.8320, 82.7280)
Luminance	0.3983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83ABE9 #E9C183

analogous

#83DEE9 #83ABE9 #8E83E9

triadic

#83ABE9 #E983AB #ABE983

tetradic

#83ABE9 #E983DE #E9C183 #83E98E

square

#83ABE9 #E983DE #E9C183 #83E98E

split-complementary

#83ABE9 #E98E83 #DEE983

monochromatic

#2467CD #4F88E0 #83ABE9 #B7CEF2 #E5EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#83ABE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#83ABE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83ABE9

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83ABE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83ABE9	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AFEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A5E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CB8C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83abe9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 171, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.101 259.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abc3f0',
    500: '#83abe9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83abe9;
$custom-light: #abc3f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83abe9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.471,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73626,
    "c": 0.10052,
    "h": 259
  },
  "luminance": 0.39834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83ABE9

secondary

#F1E7D7

accent

#8714D2

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #83ABE9

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

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