Recognised as Colour

#83C2BF

#83C2BF
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Cadetblue

#83C2BF is a cyan with RGB values 131, 194, 191 and HSL 177°, 34%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#83C2BF#83C2BF

HEX#83C2BF

RGBrgb(131, 194, 191)

RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.7608, 0.749

RGB percentages51.4%, 76.1%, 74.9%

HSLhsl(177.1, 34.1%, 63.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(177.1, 32.5%, 76.1%)

CMYK32.5%, 0%, 1.5%, 23.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,635,071

CSS custom property--colour: #83C2BF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4717WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness177.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.43:1

Contrast with white2.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4

Inverted#7C3D40

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BBBCBFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#AFB3C0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22 from the original

Tritanopia#6CC5C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.01:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 13.4 Powder blue · ΔE 13.9 Light blue · ΔE 15.2 Pale turquoise · ΔE 15.9 Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.2 Sky blue · ΔE 18.1

Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 13.42, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C28386

Analogous#83C2A0, #83A6C2

Triadic#BF83C2, #C2BF83

Split complementary#C283A6, #C2A083

Tetradic#9F83C2, #C28386, #A5C283

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EAF4F4

Lighter +20%#C7E4E2

Lighter +10%#A5D3D1

Darker −10%#61B1AD

Darker −20%#4A9592

Darker −30%#397370

Darker −40%#28514F

More saturated +25%#6CD9D4

Less saturated −25%#9AABAA

Channel breakdown

R131

G194

B191

Red131 (51.4%)

Green194 (76.1%)

Blue191 (74.9%)

Hue177.14°

Saturation (HSL)34.05%

Lightness63.73%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 83 · G C2 · B BF

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