#83C8EC#83C8EC

#83C8EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.086 H 232.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83C8EC
RGB	rgb(131, 200, 236)
HSL	hsl(201, 73%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(201, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.5%, 15.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.39, -12.43, -24.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.39, 27.55, 243.19°)
OKLab	oklab(80% -0.053 -0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(80% 0.086 232.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.1493, 52.1868, 87.0345)
Luminance	0.5219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83C8EC #ECA783

analogous

#83ECDB #83C8EC #8394EC

triadic

#83C8EC #EC83C8 #C8EC83

tetradic

#83C8EC #DB83EC #ECA783 #94EC83

square

#83C8EC #DB83EC #ECA783 #94EC83

split-complementary

#83C8EC #EC8394 #ECDB83

monochromatic

#2097D4 #4EB0E4 #83C8EC #B8E0F4 #E4F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#83C8EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#83C8EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83C8EC

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83C8EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83C8EC	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C6EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BAEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55D2D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83c8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 200, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.086 232.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acd8f2',
    500: '#83c8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83c8ec;
$custom-light: #acd8f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83c8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.571,
    "s": 73.427,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80001,
    "c": 0.08625,
    "h": 232.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83C8EC

secondary

#C6774D

accent

#5410D6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #83C8EC

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

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