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Recognised as Colour

#83C3BC

  • #83C3BC
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#83C3BC is a cyan with RGB values 131, 195, 188 and HSL 173°, 35%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#83C3BC#83C3BC
HEX#83C3BC
RGBrgb(131, 195, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.7647, 0.7373
RGB percentages51.4%, 76.5%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(173.4, 34.8%, 63.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(173.4, 32.8%, 76.5%)
CMYK32.8%, 0%, 3.6%, 23.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,635,324
CSS custom property--colour: #83C3BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47486WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.5:1
Contrast with white2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5
Inverted#7C3C43

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BDBCBCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B1B4BDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.7 from the original
Tritanopia#6DC6C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 14.2Powder blue · ΔE 14.9Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.5Light blue · ΔE 16.7Light seagreen · ΔE 18.2
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 14.24, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C3838A
Analogous#83C39C, #83AAC3
Triadic#BC83C3, #C3BC83
Split complementary#C383AA, #C39C83
Tetradic#9C83C3, #C3838A, #AAC383

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EAF5F4
Lighter +20%#C8E4E1
Lighter +10%#A5D4CF
Darker −10%#61B2A9
Darker −20%#49978E
Darker −30%#38756E
Darker −40%#28524E
More saturated +25%#6CDACE
Less saturated −25%#9AACAA

Channel breakdown

R131
G195
B188
Red131 (51.4%)
Green195 (76.5%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue173.44°
Saturation (HSL)34.78%
Lightness63.92%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 83 · G C3 · B BC

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