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Recognised as Colour

#83C8FB

  • #83C8FB
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#83C8FB is a blue with RGB values 131, 200, 251 and HSL 206°, 94%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#83C8FB#83C8FB
HEX#83C8FB
RGBrgb(131, 200, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.7843, 0.9843
RGB percentages51.4%, 78.4%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(205.5, 93.8%, 74.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(205.5, 47.8%, 98.4%)
CMYK47.8%, 20.3%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,636,667
CSS custom property--colour: #83C8FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53099WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness189.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.62:1
Contrast with white1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD
Inverted#7C3704

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B2C8FDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A2BBFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.8 from the original
Tritanopia#4AD5D9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.81:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 4.5Sky blue · ΔE 12.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 15.2Light steelblue · ΔE 18Light blue · ΔE 21.3Steel blue · ΔE 25.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 4.52, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FBB683
Analogous#83FBF2, #838CFB
Triadic#FB83C8, #C8FB83
Split complementary#FB838C, #FBF283
Tetradic#F283FB, #FBB683, #8CFB83

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E6F4FE
Lighter +10%#B4DEFD
Darker −10%#52B2F9
Darker −20%#209CF8
Darker −30%#0783DE
Darker −40%#0666AC
More saturated +25%#7FC9FF
Less saturated −25%#93C6EB

Channel breakdown

R131
G200
B251
Red131 (51.4%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue205.5°
Saturation (HSL)93.75%
Lightness74.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 83 · G C8 · B FB

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