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Recognised as Colour

#83BECA

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

#83BECA is a cyan with RGB values 131, 190, 202 and HSL 190°, 40%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#83BECA#83BECA
HEX#83BECA
RGBrgb(131, 190, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.7451, 0.7922
RGB percentages51.4%, 74.5%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(190.1, 40.1%, 65.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.1, 35.1%, 79.2%)
CMYK35.1%, 5.9%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,634,058
CSS custom property--colour: #83BECA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45916WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.18:1
Contrast with white2.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#7C4135

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B4BACBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#A8B1CAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.2 from the original
Tritanopia#69C3C2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.06:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 10.9Light blue · ΔE 11.5Powder blue · ΔE 13.4Cadetblue · ΔE 13.7Light steelblue · ΔE 15.8Pale turquoise · ΔE 17.9
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 10.87, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CA8F83
Analogous#83CAB3, #839BCA
Triadic#CA83BE, #BECA83
Split complementary#CA839B, #CAB383
Tetradic#B383CA, #CA8F83, #9BCA83

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EEF6F8
Lighter +20%#CAE3E9
Lighter +10%#A7D1D9
Darker −10%#5FABBB
Darker −20%#4592A2
Darker −30%#36727E
Darker −40%#27525A
More saturated +25%#6DCDE0
Less saturated −25%#99AFB4

Channel breakdown

R131
G190
B202
Red131 (51.4%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue190.14°
Saturation (HSL)40.11%
Lightness65.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 83 · G BE · B CA

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