#83BCCE#83BCCE

#83BCCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.064 H 219.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83BCCE
RGB	rgb(131, 188, 206)
HSL	hsl(194, 43%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(194, 36%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 8.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.05, -13.96, -14.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.05, 20.45, 226.93°)
OKLab	oklab(76.22% -0.0496 -0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(76.22% 0.064 219.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.4801, 45.2457, 65.0862)
Luminance	0.4525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83BCCE #CE9583

analogous

#83CEBA #83BCCE #8396CE

triadic

#83BCCE #CE83BC #BCCE83

tetradic

#83BCCE #BA83CE #CE9583 #96CE83

square

#83BCCE #BA83CE #CE9583 #96CE83

split-complementary

#83BCCE #CE8396 #CEBA83

monochromatic

#3D839A #57A4BD #83BCCE #AFD4DF #DBEBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#83BCCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#83BCCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83BCCE

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83BCCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83BCCE	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B9CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AFCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67C2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83bcce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 188, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.064 219.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aad0dd',
    500: '#83bcce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83bcce;
$custom-light: #aad0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83bcce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.4,
    "s": 43.353,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76224,
    "c": 0.06433,
    "h": 219.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83BCCE

secondary

#E3D0CA

accent

#502FB6

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#101415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #83BCCE

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

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