#83ADE9#83ADE9

#83ADE9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.099 H 257.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83ADE9
RGB	rgb(131, 173, 233)
HSL	hsl(215, 70%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(215, 44%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 25.8%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.89, 1.35, -34.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.89, 34.53, 272.24°)
OKLab	oklab(74.05% -0.0217 -0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(74.05% 0.099 257.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.0068, 40.5932, 82.8549)
Luminance	0.4060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83ADE9 #E9BF83

analogous

#83E0E9 #83ADE9 #8C83E9

triadic

#83ADE9 #E983AD #ADE983

tetradic

#83ADE9 #E983E0 #E9BF83 #83E98C

square

#83ADE9 #E983E0 #E9BF83 #83E98C

split-complementary

#83ADE9 #E98C83 #E0E983

monochromatic

#246ACD #4F8BE0 #83ADE9 #B7CFF2 #E5EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#83ADE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#83ADE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83ADE9

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83ADE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83ADE9	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B0EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA6E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CBAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83ade9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 173, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.099 257.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abc5f0',
    500: '#83ade9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83ade9;
$custom-light: #abc5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83ade9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.294,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74049,
    "c": 0.09866,
    "h": 257.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83ADE9

secondary

#F1E6D7

accent

#8414D2

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #83ADE9

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

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