#83C5EF#83C5EF

#83C5EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.090 H 237.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83C5EF
RGB	rgb(131, 197, 239)
HSL	hsl(203, 77%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(203, 45%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 17.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.67, -10.03, -27.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.67, 29.09, 249.83°)
OKLab	oklab(79.46% -0.0484 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(79.46% 0.09 237.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.9009, 50.9866, 89.1200)
Luminance	0.5099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83C5EF #EFAD83

analogous

#83EFE3 #83C5EF #838FEF

triadic

#83C5EF #EF83C5 #C5EF83

tetradic

#83C5EF #E383EF #EFAD83 #8FEF83

square

#83C5EF #E383EF #EFAD83 #8FEF83

split-complementary

#83C5EF #EF838F #EFE383

monochromatic

#1C91DB #4DACE8 #83C5EF #B9DEF6 #E4F2FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#83C5EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#83C5EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83C5EF

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83C5EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83C5EF	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C4F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B8EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54D0D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83c5ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 197, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.090 237.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acd6f4',
    500: '#83c5ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83c5ef;
$custom-light: #acd6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83c5ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.333,
    "s": 77.143,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79464,
    "c": 0.08987,
    "h": 237.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83C5EF

secondary

#CA7D4D

accent

#5C0CD9

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#111417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #83C5EF

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

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