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Recognised as Colour

#83A3FF

  • #83A3FF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#83A3FF is a blue with RGB values 131, 163, 255 and HSL 225°, 100%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#83A3FF#83A3FF
HEX#83A3FF
RGBrgb(131, 163, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.6392, 1
RGB percentages51.4%, 63.9%, 100%
HSLhsl(224.5, 100%, 75.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(224.5, 48.6%, 100%)
CMYK48.6%, 36.1%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,627,199
CSS custom property--colour: #83A3FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3824WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.65:1
Contrast with white2.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3
Inverted#7C5C00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#80ACFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#73A1FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Tritanopia#4FB7C5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.43:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 7.4Dodgerblue · ΔE 17.1Medium purple · ΔE 26.9Steel blue · ΔE 28.9Royal blue · ΔE 29Deep skyblue · ΔE 32
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 7.44, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFDF83
Analogous#83E1FF, #A183FF
Triadic#FF83A3, #A3FF83
Split complementary#FFA183, #E1FF83
Tetradic#FF83E1, #FFDF83, #83FFA1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E9EFFF
Lighter +10%#B6C9FF
Darker −10%#507DFF
Darker −20%#1D57FF
Darker −30%#003CE9
Darker −40%#002FB6
More saturated +25%#83A3FF
Less saturated −25%#93ABF0

Channel breakdown

R131
G163
B255
Red131 (51.4%)
Green163 (63.9%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue224.52°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness75.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 83 · G A3 · B FF

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