#83AECC#83AECC

#83AECC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.064 H 239.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83AECC
RGB	rgb(131, 174, 204)
HSL	hsl(205, 42%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(205, 36%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 14.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, -7.01, -19.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 21.05, 250.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% -0.0326 -0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.064 239.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.3917, 39.4552, 62.8658)
Luminance	0.3946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83AECC #CCA183

analogous

#83CCC5 #83AECC #8389CC

triadic

#83AECC #CC83AE #AECC83

tetradic

#83AECC #C583CC #CCA183 #89CC83

square

#83AECC #C583CC #CCA183 #89CC83

split-complementary

#83AECC #CC8389 #CCC583

monochromatic

#3E7297 #5892BA #83AECC #AECADE #DAE7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#83AECC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#83AECC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83AECC

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83AECC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83AECC	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ADCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A5CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6AB6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83aecc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 174, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.064 239.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9c6db',
    500: '#83aecc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83aecc;
$custom-light: #a9c6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83aecc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.658,
    "s": 41.714,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73053,
    "c": 0.0636,
    "h": 239.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83AECC

secondary

#E2D3C9

accent

#6731B5

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #83AECC

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

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