#83BCD3#83BCD3

#83BCD3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.068 H 225.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83BCD3
RGB	rgb(131, 188, 211)
HSL	hsl(197, 48%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(197, 38%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.9%, 10.9%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.22, -12.69, -17.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.22, 21.55, 233.91°)
OKLab	oklab(76.41% -0.0477 -0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(76.41% 0.068 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.0972, 45.4925, 68.3362)
Luminance	0.4550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83BCD3 #D39A83

analogous

#83D3C2 #83BCD3 #8394D3

triadic

#83BCD3 #D383BC #BCD383

tetradic

#83BCD3 #C283D3 #D39A83 #94D383

square

#83BCD3 #C283D3 #D39A83 #94D383

split-complementary

#83BCD3 #D38394 #D3C283

monochromatic

#3A84A2 #56A4C3 #83BCD3 #B0D4E3 #DDEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#83BCD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#83BCD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83BCD3

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83BCD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83BCD3	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB9D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B0D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65C3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83bcd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 188, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.068 225.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aad0e0',
    500: '#83bcd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83bcd3;
$custom-light: #aad0e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83bcd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.25,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76406,
    "c": 0.06757,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83BCD3

secondary

#E6D4CC

accent

#542BBB

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#101415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #83BCD3

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

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