#83BCDC#83BCDC

#83BCDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.075 H 233.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83BCDC
RGB	rgb(131, 188, 220)
HSL	hsl(202, 56%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(202, 40%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.52, -10.35, -21.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.52, 24.18, 244.65°)
OKLab	oklab(76.75% -0.0444 -0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(76.75% 0.075 233.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.2572, 45.9565, 74.4455)
Luminance	0.4596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83BCDC #DCA383

analogous

#83DCD0 #83BCDC #8390DC

triadic

#83BCDC #DC83BC #BCDC83

tetradic

#83BCDC #D083DC #DCA383 #90DC83

square

#83BCDC #D083DC #DCA383 #90DC83

split-complementary

#83BCDC #DC8390 #DCD083

monochromatic

#3284B2 #53A2CF #83BCDC #B3D6E9 #E2F0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#83BCDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#83BCDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83BCDC

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83BCDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83BCDC	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBADE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B0DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61C5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83bcdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 188, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.075 233.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aad0e7',
    500: '#83bcdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83bcdc;
$custom-light: #aad0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83bcdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.573,
    "s": 55.975,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76746,
    "c": 0.07486,
    "h": 233.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83BCDC

secondary

#EBDAD0

accent

#5C22C4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #83BCDC

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

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