#83BDCD#83BDCD

#83BDCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.064 H 216.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83BDCD
RGB	rgb(131, 189, 205)
HSL	hsl(193, 43%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(193, 36%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.30, -14.74, -14.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.30, 20.34, 223.57°)
OKLab	oklab(76.41% -0.0512 -0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(76.41% 0.064 216.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.5734, 45.6260, 64.5199)
Luminance	0.4563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83BDCD #CD9383

analogous

#83CDB8 #83BDCD #8398CD

triadic

#83BDCD #CD83BD #BDCD83

tetradic

#83BDCD #B883CD #CD9383 #98CD83

square

#83BDCD #B883CD #CD9383 #98CD83

split-complementary

#83BDCD #CD8398 #CDB883

monochromatic

#3D8598 #57A6BB #83BDCD #AFD4DF #DAEBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#83BDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#83BDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83BDCD

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83BDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83BDCD	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B9CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B0CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67C3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83bdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 189, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.064 216.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aad1dc',
    500: '#83bdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83bdcd;
$custom-light: #aad1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83bdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.973,
    "s": 42.529,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76411,
    "c": 0.06405,
    "h": 216.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83BDCD

secondary

#E2CFCA

accent

#4D30B6

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#101415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #83BDCD

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

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