#83D5EF#83D5EF

#83D5EF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.088 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83D5EF
RGB	rgb(131, 213, 239)
HSL	hsl(194, 77%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(194, 45%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 10.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.09, -18.33, -20.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.09, 27.55, 228.29°)
OKLab	oklab(82.98% -0.067 -0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(82.98% 0.088 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.7286, 58.6421, 90.3959)
Luminance	0.5865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83D5EF #EF9D83

analogous

#83EFD3 #83D5EF #839FEF

triadic

#83D5EF #EF83D5 #D5EF83

tetradic

#83D5EF #D383EF #EF9D83 #9FEF83

square

#83D5EF #D383EF #EF9D83 #9FEF83

split-complementary

#83D5EF #EF839F #EFD383

monochromatic

#1CADDB #4DC3E8 #83D5EF #B9E7F6 #E4F6FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#83D5EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#83D5EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83D5EF

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83D5EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83D5EF	1.00	1.65	12.73	12.73
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5D1F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C4EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50DEDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83d5ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 213, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.088 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ace2f4',
    500: '#83d5ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83d5ef;
$custom-light: #ace2f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83d5ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.444,
    "s": 77.143,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82978,
    "c": 0.08784,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83D5EF

secondary

#CA6B4D

accent

#3E0CD9

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #83D5EF

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

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