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Recognised as Colour

#83C4EA

  • #83C4EA
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#83C4EA is a blue with RGB values 131, 196, 234 and HSL 202°, 71%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#83C4EA#83C4EA
HEX#83C4EA
RGBrgb(131, 196, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.7686, 0.9176
RGB percentages51.4%, 76.9%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(202.1, 71%, 71.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(202.1, 44%, 91.8%)
CMYK44%, 16.2%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,635,626
CSS custom property--colour: #83C4EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50246WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.05:1
Contrast with white1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#7C3B15

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B2C2ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#A4B7E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.8 from the original
Tritanopia#57CED0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 4.7Sky blue · ΔE 6.4Light steelblue · ΔE 14.1Light blue · ΔE 15.8Deep skyblue · ΔE 18.9Powder blue · ΔE 20.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 4.74, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EAA983
Analogous#83EADC, #8391EA
Triadic#EA83C4, #C4EA83
Split complementary#EA8391, #EADC83
Tetradic#DC83EA, #EAA983, #91EA83

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DAEEF9
Lighter +10%#AFD9F1
Darker −10%#57AFE3
Darker −20%#2C9ADB
Darker −30%#1F7EB5
Darker −40%#175F8A
More saturated +25%#71C9FC
Less saturated −25%#95BFD8

Channel breakdown

R131
G196
B234
Red131 (51.4%)
Green196 (76.9%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue202.14°
Saturation (HSL)71.03%
Lightness71.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 83 · G C4 · B EA

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