#83ACED#83ACED

#83ACED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.105 H 259.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83ACED
RGB	rgb(131, 172, 237)
HSL	hsl(217, 75%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(217, 45%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 27.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, 3.04, -36.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 36.98, 274.71°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% -0.0193 -0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.105 259.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.3937, 40.4423, 85.8347)
Luminance	0.4044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83ACED #EDC483

analogous

#83E1ED #83ACED #8F83ED

triadic

#83ACED #ED83AC #ACED83

tetradic

#83ACED #ED83E1 #EDC483 #83ED8F

square

#83ACED #ED83E1 #EDC483 #83ED8F

split-complementary

#83ACED #ED8F83 #E1ED83

monochromatic

#1F66D6 #4E88E5 #83ACED #B8D0F5 #E4EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#83ACED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#83ACED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83ACED

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83ACED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83ACED	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94B0F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A6EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5ABAC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83aced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 172, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.105 259.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abc4f3',
    500: '#83aced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83aced;
$custom-light: #abc4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83aced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.792,
    "s": 74.648,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74019,
    "c": 0.10478,
    "h": 259.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83ACED

secondary

#F3E9D8

accent

#890FD7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #83ACED

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

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