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Colour

#83C8B2

  • #83C8B2
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#83C8B2 is a cyan with RGB values 131, 200, 178 and HSL 161°, 39%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#83C8B2#83C8B2
HEX#83C8B2
RGBrgb(131, 200, 178)
RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.7843, 0.698
RGB percentages51.4%, 78.4%, 69.8%
HSLhsl(160.9, 38.5%, 64.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(160.9, 34.5%, 78.4%)
CMYK34.5%, 0%, 11%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,636,594
CSS custom property--colour: #83C8B2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49348WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.87:1
Contrast with white1.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8
Inverted#7C374D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C4C0B1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#B8B7B3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.3 from the original
Tritanopia#70C9C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.93:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.4Dark seagreen · ΔE 14.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.5Light seagreen · ΔE 18Pale turquoise · ΔE 19.1Cadetblue · ΔE 19.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 12.44, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C88399
Analogous#83C88F, #83BCC8
Triadic#B283C8, #C8B283
Split complementary#C883BC, #C88F83
Tetradic#8F83C8, #C88399, #BBC883

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EDF7F4
Lighter +20%#CAE7DE
Lighter +10%#A6D8C8
Darker −10%#60B89C
Darker −20%#469F82
Darker −30%#377B65
Darker −40%#275848
More saturated +25%#6DDEBA
Less saturated −25%#99B2AA

Channel breakdown

R131
G200
B178
Red131 (51.4%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue178 (69.8%)
Hue160.87°
Saturation (HSL)38.55%
Lightness64.9%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 83 · G C8 · B B2

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