#83CBEC#83CBEC

#83CBEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.086 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83CBEC
RGB	rgb(131, 203, 236)
HSL	hsl(199, 73%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(199, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.5%, 14%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.22, -13.99, -23.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.22, 27.20, 239.05°)
OKLab	oklab(80.66% -0.0565 -0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(80.66% 0.086 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.8509, 53.5900, 87.2684)
Luminance	0.5359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83CBEC #ECA483

analogous

#83ECD9 #83CBEC #8397EC

triadic

#83CBEC #EC83CB #CBEC83

tetradic

#83CBEC #D983EC #ECA483 #97EC83

square

#83CBEC #D983EC #ECA483 #97EC83

split-complementary

#83CBEC #EC8397 #ECD983

monochromatic

#209CD4 #4EB5E4 #83CBEC #B8E1F4 #E4F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#83CBEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#83CBEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83CBEC

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83CBEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83CBEC	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC8EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBCEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54D5D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83cbec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 203, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.086 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acdaf2',
    500: '#83cbec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83cbec;
$custom-light: #acdaf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83cbec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.857,
    "s": 73.427,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80659,
    "c": 0.08575,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83CBEC

secondary

#C6734D

accent

#4E10D6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #83CBEC

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

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