#83BDCE#83BDCE

#83BDCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.065 H 218.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83BDCE
RGB	rgb(131, 189, 206)
HSL	hsl(194, 43%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(194, 36%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 8.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.33, -14.49, -14.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.33, 20.51, 225.06°)
OKLab	oklab(76.45% -0.0508 -0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(76.45% 0.065 218.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.6945, 45.6744, 65.1577)
Luminance	0.4568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83BDCE #CE9483

analogous

#83CEB9 #83BDCE #8397CE

triadic

#83BDCE #CE83BD #BDCE83

tetradic

#83BDCE #B983CE #CE9483 #97CE83

square

#83BDCE #B983CE #CE9483 #97CE83

split-complementary

#83BDCE #CE8397 #CEB983

monochromatic

#3D859A #57A6BD #83BDCE #AFD4DF #DBECF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#83BDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#83BDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83BDCE

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83BDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83BDCE	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B9CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B0CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67C3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83bdce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 189, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.065 218.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aad1dd',
    500: '#83bdce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83bdce;
$custom-light: #aad1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83bdce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.6,
    "s": 43.353,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76447,
    "c": 0.06458,
    "h": 218.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83BDCE

secondary

#E3D0CA

accent

#4E2FB6

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#101415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #83BDCE

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

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