#83CDEB#83CDEB

#83CDEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.085 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83CDEB
RGB	rgb(131, 205, 235)
HSL	hsl(197, 72%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(197, 44%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.3%, 12.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.74, -15.29, -22.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.74, 26.79, 235.19°)
OKLab	oklab(81.06% -0.0592 -0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(81.06% 0.085 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.1814, 54.4828, 86.6638)
Luminance	0.5449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83CDEB #EBA183

analogous

#83EBD5 #83CDEB #8399EB

triadic

#83CDEB #EB83CD #CDEB83

tetradic

#83CDEB #D583EB #EBA183 #99EB83

square

#83CDEB #D583EB #EBA183 #99EB83

split-complementary

#83CDEB #EB8399 #EBD583

monochromatic

#229FD2 #4EB8E2 #83CDEB #B8E2F4 #E5F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#83CDEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#83CDEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83CDEB

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83CDEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83CDEB	1.00	1.77	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCAED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBEEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54D6D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83cdeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 205, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.085 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acdcf1',
    500: '#83cdeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83cdeb;
$custom-light: #acdcf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83cdeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.308,
    "s": 72.222,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81062,
    "c": 0.08485,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83CDEB

secondary

#C5704D

accent

#4911D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #83CDEB

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

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