#83CDEC#83CDEC

#83CDEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.086 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83CDEC
RGB	rgb(131, 205, 236)
HSL	hsl(198, 73%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(198, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.5%, 13.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.78, -15.03, -22.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.78, 27.04, 236.24°)
OKLab	oklab(81.1% -0.0589 -0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(81.1% 0.086 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.3263, 54.5407, 87.4268)
Luminance	0.5454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83CDEC #ECA283

analogous

#83ECD6 #83CDEC #8399EC

triadic

#83CDEC #EC83CD #CDEC83

tetradic

#83CDEC #D683EC #ECA283 #99EC83

square

#83CDEC #D683EC #ECA283 #99EC83

split-complementary

#83CDEC #EC8399 #ECD683

monochromatic

#209FD4 #4EB8E4 #83CDEC #B8E2F4 #E4F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#83CDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#83CDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83CDEC

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83CDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83CDEC	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCCAEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBEEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54D6D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83cdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 205, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.086 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acdcf2',
    500: '#83cdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83cdec;
$custom-light: #acdcf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83cdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.714,
    "s": 73.427,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81099,
    "c": 0.08558,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83CDEC

secondary

#C6714D

accent

#4A10D6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #83CDEC

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

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