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Recognised as Colour

#83BDCA

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

#83BDCA is a cyan with RGB values 131, 189, 202 and HSL 191°, 40%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#83BDCA#83BDCA
HEX#83BDCA
RGBrgb(131, 189, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.7412, 0.7922
RGB percentages51.4%, 74.1%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(191, 40.1%, 65.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(191, 35.1%, 79.2%)
CMYK35.1%, 6.4%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,633,802
CSS custom property--colour: #83BDCA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45485WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.1:1
Contrast with white2.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#7C4235

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B3B9CBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A7B0CAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.9 from the original
Tritanopia#69C3C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.08:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 10.6Light blue · ΔE 11.6Cadetblue · ΔE 13.7Powder blue · ΔE 13.8Light steelblue · ΔE 15.4Light skyblue · ΔE 17.9
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 10.63, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CA9083
Analogous#83CAB3, #839ACA
Triadic#CA83BD, #BDCA83
Split complementary#CA839A, #CAB383
Tetradic#B383CA, #CA9083, #9ACA83

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EEF6F8
Lighter +20%#CAE3E9
Lighter +10%#A7D0D9
Darker −10%#5FAABB
Darker −20%#4591A2
Darker −30%#36717E
Darker −40%#27515A
More saturated +25%#6DCBE0
Less saturated −25%#99AFB4

Channel breakdown

R131
G189
B202
Red131 (51.4%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue190.99°
Saturation (HSL)40.11%
Lightness65.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 83 · G BD · B CA

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