#83BCD4#83BCD4

#83BCD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.068 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83BCD4
RGB	rgb(131, 188, 212)
HSL	hsl(198, 49%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(198, 38%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.2%, 11.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.25, -12.44, -17.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.25, 21.81, 235.22°)
OKLab	oklab(76.44% -0.0473 -0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(76.44% 0.068 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.2229, 45.5428, 68.9984)
Luminance	0.4555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83BCD4 #D49B83

analogous

#83D4C4 #83BCD4 #8394D4

triadic

#83BCD4 #D483BC #BCD483

tetradic

#83BCD4 #C483D4 #D49B83 #94D483

square

#83BCD4 #C483D4 #D49B83 #94D483

split-complementary

#83BCD4 #D48394 #D4C483

monochromatic

#3984A4 #56A3C4 #83BCD4 #B0D5E4 #DEEDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#83BCD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#83BCD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83BCD4

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83BCD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83BCD4	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB9D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B0D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64C3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83bcd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 188, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.068 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aad0e1',
    500: '#83bcd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83bcd4;
$custom-light: #aad0e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83bcd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.778,
    "s": 48.503,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76443,
    "c": 0.0683,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83BCD4

secondary

#E6D4CD

accent

#552ABC

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#101415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #83BCD4

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

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