#83C9FA#83C9FA

#83C9FA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.099 H 240.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83C9FA
RGB	rgb(131, 201, 250)
HSL	hsl(205, 92%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(205, 48%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 19.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.17, -9.12, -30.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.17, 32.22, 253.56°)
OKLab	oklab(80.78% -0.0493 -0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(80.78% 0.099 240.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.4959, 53.4972, 98.2471)
Luminance	0.5350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83C9FA #FAB483

analogous

#83FAF0 #83C9FA #838EFA

triadic

#83C9FA #FA83C9 #C9FA83

tetradic

#83C9FA #F083FA #FAB483 #8EFA83

square

#83C9FA #F083FA #FAB483 #8EFA83

split-complementary

#83C9FA #FA838E #FAF083

monochromatic

#0D96F5 #48AFF8 #83C9FA #BEE3FC #E2F2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#83C9FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#83C9FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83C9FA

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83C9FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83C9FA	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C8FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3BCF9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4AD5D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83c9fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 201, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.099 240.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#add9fc',
    500: '#83c9fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83c9fa;
$custom-light: #add9fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83c9fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.706,
    "s": 92.248,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8078,
    "c": 0.09909,
    "h": 240.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83C9FA

secondary

#D88449

accent

#5F00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFF

border

#D1D4D7

text

#111417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #83C9FA

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

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