#83C8DD#83C8DD

#83C8DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.075 H 219.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83C8DD
RGB	rgb(131, 200, 221)
HSL	hsl(194, 57%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(194, 41%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 9.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.89, -16.38, -17.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.89, 23.81, 226.54°)
OKLab	oklab(79.44% -0.0586 -0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(79.44% 0.075 219.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.0609, 51.3514, 76.0353)
Luminance	0.5135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83C8DD #DD9883

analogous

#83DDC5 #83C8DD #839BDD

triadic

#83C8DD #DD83C8 #C8DD83

tetradic

#83C8DD #C583DD #DD9883 #9BDD83

square

#83C8DD #C583DD #DD9883 #9BDD83

split-complementary

#83C8DD #DD839B #DDC583

monochromatic

#3196B4 #53B3D0 #83C8DD #B3DDEA #E3F3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#83C8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#83C8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83C8DD

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83C8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83C8DD	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC4DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB9DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5ECFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83c8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 200, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.075 219.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abd8e7',
    500: '#83c8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83c8dd;
$custom-light: #abd8e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83c8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79436,
    "c": 0.07542,
    "h": 219.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83C8DD

secondary

#B46850

accent

#4721C5

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#101416

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #83C8DD

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

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