#83BCD2#83BCD2

#83BCD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.067 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83BCD2
RGB	rgb(131, 188, 210)
HSL	hsl(197, 47%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(197, 38%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 10.5%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.18, -12.95, -16.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.18, 21.31, 232.57°)
OKLab	oklab(76.37% -0.0481 -0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(76.37% 0.067 224)
XYZ	xyz(38.9722, 45.4425, 67.6780)
Luminance	0.4545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83BCD2 #D29983

analogous

#83D2C1 #83BCD2 #8395D2

triadic

#83BCD2 #D283BC #BCD283

tetradic

#83BCD2 #C183D2 #D29983 #95D283

square

#83BCD2 #C183D2 #D29983 #95D283

split-complementary

#83BCD2 #D28395 #D2C183

monochromatic

#3A84A0 #56A4C2 #83BCD2 #B0D4E2 #DDEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#83BCD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#83BCD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83BCD2

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83BCD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83BCD2	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B9D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B0D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65C3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83bcd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 188, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.067 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aad0df',
    500: '#83bcd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83bcd2;
$custom-light: #aad0df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83bcd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.709,
    "s": 46.746,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76369,
    "c": 0.06687,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.45445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83BCD2

secondary

#E5D3CC

accent

#532CBA

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#101415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #83BCD2

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

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