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Recognised as Colour

#83BBCF

  • #83BBCF
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#83BBCF is a cyan with RGB values 131, 187, 207 and HSL 196°, 44%, 66%. 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

#83BBCF#83BBCF
HEX#83BBCF
RGBrgb(131, 187, 207)
RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.7333, 0.8118
RGB percentages51.4%, 73.3%, 81.2%
HSLhsl(195.8, 44.2%, 66.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.8, 36.7%, 81.2%)
CMYK36.7%, 9.7%, 0%, 18.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,633,295
CSS custom property--colour: #83BBCF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44871WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.97:1
Contrast with white2.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#7C4430

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AFB8D0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A4AFCFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.3 from the original
Tritanopia#67C2C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.11:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 8.6Light blue · ΔE 12.1Light steelblue · ΔE 13.2Light skyblue · ΔE 14.6Powder blue · ΔE 15.5Cadetblue · ΔE 15.8
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 8.55, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CF9783
Analogous#83CFBD, #8395CF
Triadic#CF83BB, #BBCF83
Split complementary#CF8395, #CFBD83
Tetradic#BD83CF, #CF9783, #95CF83

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F1F7FA
Lighter +20%#CDE3EB
Lighter +10%#A8CFDD
Darker −10%#5EA7C1
Darker −20%#428FAA
Darker −30%#347085
Darker −40%#255161
More saturated +25%#6DC5E4
Less saturated −25%#98B1BA

Channel breakdown

R131
G187
B207
Red131 (51.4%)
Green187 (73.3%)
Blue207 (81.2%)
Hue195.79°
Saturation (HSL)44.19%
Lightness66.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 83 · G BB · B CF

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