#83B3CD#83B3CD

#83B3CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.063 H 232.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83B3CD
RGB	rgb(131, 179, 205)
HSL	hsl(201, 43%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(201, 36%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 12.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.50, -9.45, -18.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.50, 20.54, 242.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% -0.0386 -0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.063 232.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.4960, 41.4712, 63.8275)
Luminance	0.4147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83B3CD #CD9D83

analogous

#83CDC2 #83B3CD #838ECD

triadic

#83B3CD #CD83B3 #B3CD83

tetradic

#83B3CD #C283CD #CD9D83 #8ECD83

square

#83B3CD #C283CD #CD9D83 #8ECD83

split-complementary

#83B3CD #CD838E #CDC283

monochromatic

#3D7898 #5798BB #83B3CD #AFCEDF #DAE8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#83B3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#83B3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83B3CD

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83B3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83B3CD	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA9CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69BABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83b3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 179, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.063 232.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9c9dc',
    500: '#83b3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83b3cd;
$custom-light: #a9c9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83b3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.081,
    "s": 42.529,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74191,
    "c": 0.06327,
    "h": 232.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83B3CD

secondary

#E2D2CA

accent

#5F30B6

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #83B3CD

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

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