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Recognised as Colour

#83A3EA

  • #83A3EA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#83A3EA is a blue with RGB values 131, 163, 234 and HSL 221°, 71%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#83A3EA#83A3EA
HEX#83A3EA
RGBrgb(131, 163, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.6392, 0.9176
RGB percentages51.4%, 63.9%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(221.4, 71%, 71.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(221.4, 44%, 91.8%)
CMYK44%, 30.3%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,627,178
CSS custom property--colour: #83A3EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3696WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness164.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.39:1
Contrast with white2.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1
Inverted#7C5C15

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#89A9EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#7F9FE8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Tritanopia#5DB2BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.5:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 11.6Steel blue · ΔE 19.9Light skyblue · ΔE 24.4Dodgerblue · ΔE 25.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 25.7Light steelblue · ΔE 27.8
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 11.63, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EACA83
Analogous#83D7EA, #9683EA
Triadic#EA83A3, #A3EA83
Split complementary#EA9783, #D6EA83
Tetradic#EA83D7, #EACA83, #83EA97

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DAE4F9
Lighter +10%#AFC3F1
Darker −10%#5783E3
Darker −20%#2C62DB
Darker −30%#1F4DB5
Darker −40%#173B8A
More saturated +25%#719CFC
Less saturated −25%#95AAD8

Channel breakdown

R131
G163
B234
Red131 (51.4%)
Green163 (63.9%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue221.36°
Saturation (HSL)71.03%
Lightness71.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 83 · G A3 · B EA

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