#83BDEC#83BDEC

#83BDEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.090 H 243.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83BDEC
RGB	rgb(131, 189, 236)
HSL	hsl(207, 73%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(207, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.5%, 19.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.36, -6.58, -29.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.36, 29.96, 257.31°)
OKLab	oklab(77.61% -0.04 -0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(77.61% 0.09 243.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.6928, 47.2737, 86.2157)
Luminance	0.4728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83BDEC #ECB283

analogous

#83ECE7 #83BDEC #8389EC

triadic

#83BDEC #EC83BD #BDEC83

tetradic

#83BDEC #E783EC #ECB283 #89EC83

square

#83BDEC #E783EC #ECB283 #89EC83

split-complementary

#83BDEC #EC8389 #ECE783

monochromatic

#2084D4 #4EA1E4 #83BDEC #B8D9F4 #E4F1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#83BDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#83BDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83BDEC

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83BDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83BDEC	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BDEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB2EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57C8CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83bdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 189, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.090 243.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abd0f2',
    500: '#83bdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83bdec;
$custom-light: #abd0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83bdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.857,
    "s": 73.427,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77605,
    "c": 0.09047,
    "h": 243.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83BDEC

secondary

#F3E4D8

accent

#6810D6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #83BDEC

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

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