#83C8E9#83C8E9

#83C8E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.084 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83C8E9
RGB	rgb(131, 200, 233)
HSL	hsl(199, 70%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(199, 44%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 14.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.29, -13.23, -23.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.29, 26.65, 240.24°)
OKLab	oklab(79.88% -0.0541 -0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(79.88% 0.084 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.7171, 52.0139, 84.7583)
Luminance	0.5202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83C8E9 #E9A483

analogous

#83E9D7 #83C8E9 #8395E9

triadic

#83C8E9 #E983C8 #C8E983

tetradic

#83C8E9 #D783E9 #E9A483 #95E983

square

#83C8E9 #D783E9 #E9A483 #95E983

split-complementary

#83C8E9 #E98395 #E9D783

monochromatic

#2497CD #4FB1E0 #83C8E9 #B7DFF2 #E5F3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#83C8E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#83C8E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83C8E9

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83C8E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83C8E9	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C5EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BAE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57D1D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83c8e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 200, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.084 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acd8f0',
    500: '#83c8e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83c8e9;
$custom-light: #acd8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83c8e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.412,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79885,
    "c": 0.08375,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83C8E9

secondary

#C2744E

accent

#5114D2

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #83C8E9

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

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