#83B5EB#83B5EB

#83B5EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.095 H 251.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83B5EB
RGB	rgb(131, 181, 235)
HSL	hsl(211, 72%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(211, 44%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.3%, 23%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.14, -2.51, -32.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.14, 32.21, 265.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.84% -0.0307 -0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(75.84% 0.095 251)
XYZ	xyz(40.8743, 43.8686, 84.8948)
Luminance	0.4387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83B5EB #EBB983

analogous

#83E9EB #83B5EB #8583EB

triadic

#83B5EB #EB83B5 #B5EB83

tetradic

#83B5EB #EB83E9 #EBB983 #83EB85

square

#83B5EB #EB83E9 #EBB983 #83EB85

split-complementary

#83B5EB #EB8583 #E9EB83

monochromatic

#2276D2 #4E96E2 #83B5EB #B8D4F4 #E5EFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#83B5EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#83B5EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83B5EB

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83B5EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83B5EB	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B7ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ACEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59C1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83b5eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 181, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.095 251.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abcbf1',
    500: '#83b5eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83b5eb;
$custom-light: #abcbf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83b5eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.154,
    "s": 72.222,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75841,
    "c": 0.09452,
    "h": 251
  },
  "luminance": 0.43871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83B5EB

secondary

#F2E5D8

accent

#7711D4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #83B5EB

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

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