#83BCDE#83BCDE

#83BCDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.077 H 235.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83BCDE
RGB	rgb(131, 188, 222)
HSL	hsl(202, 58%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(202, 41%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 15.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.59, -9.83, -22.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.59, 24.86, 246.72°)
OKLab	oklab(76.82% -0.0436 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(76.82% 0.077 235.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.5236, 46.0631, 75.8488)
Luminance	0.4607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83BCDE #DEA583

analogous

#83DED3 #83BCDE #838FDE

triadic

#83BCDE #DE83BC #BCDE83

tetradic

#83BCDE #D383DE #DEA583 #8FDE83

square

#83BCDE #D383DE #DEA583 #8FDE83

split-complementary

#83BCDE #DE838F #DED383

monochromatic

#3084B6 #53A2D1 #83BCDE #B3D6EB #E4F0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#83BCDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#83BCDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83BCDE

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83BCDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83BCDE	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBAE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B0DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60C5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83bcde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 188, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.077 235.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abd0e8',
    500: '#83bcde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83bcde;
$custom-light: #abd0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83bcde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.418,
    "s": 57.962,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76823,
    "c": 0.07669,
    "h": 235.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83BCDE

secondary

#ECDBD1

accent

#5E20C6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #83BCDE

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

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