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Recognised as Colour

#83A8FF

  • #83A8FF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#83A8FF is a blue with RGB values 131, 168, 255 and HSL 222°, 100%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#83A8FF#83A8FF
HEX#83A8FF
RGBrgb(131, 168, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.6588, 1
RGB percentages51.4%, 65.9%, 100%
HSLhsl(222.1, 100%, 75.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.1, 48.6%, 100%)
CMYK48.6%, 34.1%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,628,479
CSS custom property--colour: #83A8FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40051WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.01:1
Contrast with white2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#7C5700

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#87B0FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#79A5FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Tritanopia#4EBBC8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 8Dodgerblue · ΔE 19.2Steel blue · ΔE 26.9Deep skyblue · ΔE 28.7Light skyblue · ΔE 30.1Medium purple · ΔE 30.2
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 7.98, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFDA83
Analogous#83E6FF, #9C83FF
Triadic#FF83A8, #A8FF83
Split complementary#FF9C83, #E6FF83
Tetradic#FF83E6, #FFDA83, #83FF9C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E9F0FF
Lighter +10%#B6CCFF
Darker −10%#5084FF
Darker −20%#1D60FF
Darker −30%#0046E9
Darker −40%#0036B6
More saturated +25%#83A8FF
Less saturated −25%#93AEF0

Channel breakdown

R131
G168
B255
Red131 (51.4%)
Green168 (65.9%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue222.1°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness75.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 83 · G A8 · B FF

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