#83BCDD#83BCDD

#83BCDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.076 H 234.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83BCDD
RGB	rgb(131, 188, 221)
HSL	hsl(202, 57%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(202, 41%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 14.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.55, -10.09, -22.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.55, 24.52, 245.70°)
OKLab	oklab(76.79% -0.044 -0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(76.79% 0.076 234.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.3900, 46.0096, 75.1450)
Luminance	0.4601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83BCDD #DDA483

analogous

#83DDD1 #83BCDD #838FDD

triadic

#83BCDD #DD83BC #BCDD83

tetradic

#83BCDD #D183DD #DDA483 #8FDD83

square

#83BCDD #D183DD #DDA483 #8FDD83

split-complementary

#83BCDD #DD838F #DDD183

monochromatic

#3184B4 #53A2D0 #83BCDD #B3D6EA #E3F0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#83BCDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#83BCDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83BCDD

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83BCDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83BCDD	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B0DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60C5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83bcdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 188, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.076 234.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83bcdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76785,
    "c": 0.07576,
    "h": 234.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83BCDD

secondary

#EBDAD1

accent

#5D21C5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #83BCDD

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

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