#83C8E2#83C8E2

#83C8E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.079 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83C8E2
RGB	rgb(131, 200, 226)
HSL	hsl(196, 62%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(196, 42%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 11.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.05, -15.08, -19.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.05, 24.83, 232.61°)
OKLab	oklab(79.62% -0.0567 -0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(79.62% 0.079 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.7370, 51.6218, 79.5961)
Luminance	0.5162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83C8E2 #E29D83

analogous

#83E2CD #83C8E2 #8398E2

triadic

#83C8E2 #E283C8 #C8E283

tetradic

#83C8E2 #CD83E2 #E29D83 #98E283

square

#83C8E2 #CD83E2 #E29D83 #98E283

split-complementary

#83C8E2 #E28398 #E2CD83

monochromatic

#2C96BE #51B2D6 #83C8E2 #B5DEEE #E6F4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#83C8E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#83C8E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83C8E2

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83C8E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83C8E2	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C5E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB9E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BD0D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83c8e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 200, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.079 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abd8eb',
    500: '#83c8e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83c8e2;
$custom-light: #abd8eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83c8e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.421,
    "s": 62.092,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7962,
    "c": 0.07853,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83C8E2

secondary

#BA6D4F

accent

#4B1CCA

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFD

border

#D0D4D5

text

#101416

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #83C8E2

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

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