#83C8DB#83C8DB

#83C8DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.074 H 217.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83C8DB
RGB	rgb(131, 200, 219)
HSL	hsl(193, 55%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(193, 40%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 8.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.83, -16.89, -16.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.83, 23.47, 223.98°)
OKLab	oklab(79.36% -0.0593 -0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(79.36% 0.074 217.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.7960, 51.2454, 74.6404)
Luminance	0.5125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83C8DB #DB9683

analogous

#83DBC2 #83C8DB #839CDB

triadic

#83C8DB #DB83C8 #C8DB83

tetradic

#83C8DB #C283DB #DB9683 #9CDB83

square

#83C8DB #C283DB #DB9683 #9CDB83

split-complementary

#83C8DB #DB839C #DBC283

monochromatic

#3395B0 #54B3CD #83C8DB #B2DDE9 #E2F2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#83C8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#83C8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83C8DB

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83C8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83C8DB	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC4DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB9DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5FCFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83c8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 200, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.074 217.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abd8e6',
    500: '#83c8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83c8db;
$custom-light: #abd8e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83c8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.955,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79364,
    "c": 0.07434,
    "h": 217.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83C8DB

secondary

#B26651

accent

#4523C3

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#101415

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #83C8DB

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

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