#83C8DC#83C8DC

#83C8DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.075 H 218.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83C8DC
RGB	rgb(131, 200, 220)
HSL	hsl(193, 56%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(193, 40%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 9.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.86, -16.63, -16.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.86, 23.63, 225.27°)
OKLab	oklab(79.4% -0.0589 -0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(79.4% 0.075 218.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.9280, 51.2983, 75.3358)
Luminance	0.5130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83C8DC #DC9783

analogous

#83DCC4 #83C8DC #839CDC

triadic

#83C8DC #DC83C8 #C8DC83

tetradic

#83C8DC #C483DC #DC9783 #9CDC83

square

#83C8DC #C483DC #DC9783 #9CDC83

split-complementary

#83C8DC #DC839C #DCC483

monochromatic

#3296B2 #53B3CF #83C8DC #B3DDE9 #E2F2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#83C8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#83C8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83C8DC

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83C8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83C8DC	1.00	1.86	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC4DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB9DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5ECFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83c8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 200, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.075 218.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abd8e6',
    500: '#83c8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83c8dc;
$custom-light: #abd8e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83c8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.483,
    "s": 55.975,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.794,
    "c": 0.07487,
    "h": 218.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83C8DC

secondary

#B36750

accent

#4622C4

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#101416

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #83C8DC

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

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