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Colour

#83B1BE

  • #83B1BE
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#83B1BE is a cyan with RGB values 131, 177, 190 and HSL 193°, 31%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#83B1BE#83B1BE
HEX#83B1BE
RGBrgb(131, 177, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.6941, 0.7451
RGB percentages51.4%, 69.4%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(193.2, 31.2%, 62.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.2, 31.1%, 74.5%)
CMYK31.1%, 6.8%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,630,718
CSS custom property--colour: #83B1BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39987WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness166.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9:1
Contrast with white2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#7C4E41

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A8AEBFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#9FA6BEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.8 from the original
Tritanopia#6FB6B5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.5 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 text9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 12Sky blue · ΔE 14Light blue · ΔE 14.4Light steelblue · ΔE 14.6Dark grey · ΔE 16.8Light slate grey · ΔE 16.8
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 11.97, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BE9083
Analogous#83BEAE, #8393BE
Triadic#BE83B1, #B1BE83
Split complementary#BE8393, #BEAE83
Tetradic#AE83BE, #BE9083, #93BE83

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E7F0F3
Lighter +20%#C6DBE1
Lighter +10%#A4C6D0
Darker −10%#629CAC
Darker −20%#4B8190
Darker −30%#3A636E
Darker −40%#28454D
More saturated +25%#6BBED6
Less saturated −25%#9BA4A6

Channel breakdown

R131
G177
B190
Red131 (51.4%)
Green177 (69.4%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue193.22°
Saturation (HSL)31.22%
Lightness62.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 83 · G B1 · B BE

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