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Recognised as Colour

#83BCAE

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

#83BCAE is a cyan with RGB values 131, 188, 174 and HSL 165°, 30%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#83BCAE#83BCAE
HEX#83BCAE
RGBrgb(131, 188, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.7373, 0.6824
RGB percentages51.4%, 73.7%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(165.3, 29.8%, 62.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(165.3, 30.3%, 73.7%)
CMYK30.3%, 0%, 7.4%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,633,518
CSS custom property--colour: #83BCAE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43848WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.77:1
Contrast with white2.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF
Inverted#7C4351

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8B5ADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#ADAEAFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.5 from the original
Tritanopia#73BEB8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.15:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 14.1Dark seagreen · ΔE 17Powder blue · ΔE 18.3Medium aquamarine · ΔE 18.6Light seagreen · ΔE 18.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.1
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 14.05, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BC8391
Analogous#83BC92, #83ADBC
Triadic#AE83BC, #BCAE83
Split complementary#BC83AD, #BC9283
Tetradic#9283BC, #BC8391, #ADBC83

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E6F2EF
Lighter +20%#C5E0D9
Lighter +10%#A4CEC4
Darker −10%#62AA98
Darker −20%#4C8D7D
Darker −30%#3A6C60
Darker −40%#284B42
More saturated +25%#6BD4BA
Less saturated −25%#9BA4A2

Channel breakdown

R131
G188
B174
Red131 (51.4%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue165.26°
Saturation (HSL)29.84%
Lightness62.55%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 83 · G BC · B AE

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