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Recognised as Colour

#83ADFD

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

#83ADFD is a blue with RGB values 131, 173, 253 and HSL 219°, 97%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#83ADFD#83ADFD
HEX#83ADFD
RGBrgb(131, 173, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.6784, 0.9922
RGB percentages51.4%, 67.8%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(219.3, 96.8%, 75.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(219.3, 48.2%, 99.2%)
CMYK48.2%, 31.6%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,629,757
CSS custom property--colour: #83ADFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41804WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.36:1
Contrast with white2.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#7C5202

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8FB3FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#81A8FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Tritanopia#4FBECAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.24:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 10.5Dodgerblue · ΔE 22.6Steel blue · ΔE 24.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 24.8Light skyblue · ΔE 25.4Light steelblue · ΔE 31
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 10.49, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDD383
Analogous#83EAFD, #9683FD
Triadic#FD83AD, #ADFD83
Split complementary#FD9683, #EAFD83
Tetradic#FD83EA, #FDD383, #83FD96

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E7EFFF
Lighter +10%#B5CEFE
Darker −10%#518CFC
Darker −20%#1F6BFB
Darker −30%#0451E3
Darker −40%#033FB1
More saturated +25%#81ACFF
Less saturated −25%#93B2ED

Channel breakdown

R131
G173
B253
Red131 (51.4%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue219.34°
Saturation (HSL)96.83%
Lightness75.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 83 · G AD · B FD

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