Recognised as Colour

#83BADA

#83BADA
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Sky blue

#83BADA is a blue with RGB values 131, 186, 218 and HSL 202°, 54%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#83BADA#83BADA

HEX#83BADA

RGBrgb(131, 186, 218)

RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.7294, 0.8549

RGB percentages51.4%, 72.9%, 85.5%

HSLhsl(202.1, 54%, 68.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(202.1, 39.9%, 85.5%)

CMYK39.9%, 14.7%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,633,050

CSS custom property--colour: #83BADA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45005WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness175.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10:1

Contrast with white2.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1

Inverted#7C4525

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#ABB8DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#9FAFDAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14 from the original

Tritanopia#62C3C4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.1:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 8.1 Light skyblue · ΔE 9.7 Light steelblue · ΔE 12.1 Light blue · ΔE 15 Powder blue · ΔE 19.5 Cadetblue · ΔE 21

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 8.08, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#DAA383

Analogous#83DACF, #838EDA

Triadic#DA83BA, #BADA83

Split complementary#DA838E, #DACF83

Tetradic#CF83DA, #DAA383, #8EDA83

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F9FCFD

Lighter +20%#D2E6F1

Lighter +10%#AAD0E6

Darker −10%#5CA4CE

Darker −20%#398DBE

Darker −30%#2D7097

Darker −40%#215370

More saturated +25%#6FBFEE

Less saturated −25%#97B5C6

Channel breakdown

R131

G186

B218

Red131 (51.4%)

Green186 (72.9%)

Blue218 (85.5%)

Hue202.07°

Saturation (HSL)54.04%

Lightness68.43%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 83 · G BA · B DA

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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