#83D8EA#83D8EA

#83D8EA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.086 H 212.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83D8EA
RGB	rgb(131, 216, 234)
HSL	hsl(190, 71%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(190, 44%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(44%, 7.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.77, -21.15, -16.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.77, 27.07, 218.60°)
OKLab	oklab(83.46% -0.0724 -0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(83.46% 0.086 212.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.7617, 59.8739, 86.8132)
Luminance	0.5988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83D8EA #EA9583

analogous

#83EAC8 #83D8EA #83A5EA

triadic

#83D8EA #EA83D8 #D8EA83

tetradic

#83D8EA #C883EA #EA9583 #A5EA83

square

#83D8EA #C883EA #EA9583 #A5EA83

split-complementary

#83D8EA #EA83A5 #EAC883

monochromatic

#23B1CF #4FC8E1 #83D8EA #B7E8F3 #E5F7FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#83D8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#83D8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83D8EA

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83D8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83D8EA	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD2EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C6EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52E0DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83d8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 216, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.086 212.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ace4f0',
    500: '#83d8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83d8ea;
$custom-light: #ace4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83d8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.485,
    "s": 71.034,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83464,
    "c": 0.08605,
    "h": 212.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83D8EA

secondary

#C3624E

accent

#3412D3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #83D8EA

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

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