Recognised as Colour

#83CCD7

#83CCD7
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Sky blue

#83CCD7 is a cyan with RGB values 131, 204, 215 and HSL 188°, 51%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#83CCD7#83CCD7

HEX#83CCD7

RGBrgb(131, 204, 215)

RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.8, 0.8431

RGB percentages51.4%, 80%, 84.3%

HSLhsl(187.9, 51.2%, 67.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(187.9, 39.1%, 84.3%)

CMYK39.1%, 5.1%, 0%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,637,655

CSS custom property--colour: #83CCD7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52917WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness186.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.58:1

Contrast with white1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD

Inverted#7C3328

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C1C7D8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#B3BCD7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.5 from the original

Tritanopia#60D2CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.6 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 text11.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 10.1 Light blue · ΔE 10.9 Powder blue · ΔE 11.2 Pale turquoise · ΔE 13.7 Cadetblue · ΔE 17.5 Medium turquoise · ΔE 18

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 10.12, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D78E83

Analogous#83D7B8, #83A2D7

Triadic#D783CC, #CCD783

Split complementary#D783A2, #D7B883

Tetradic#B883D7, #D78E83, #A2D783

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F7FCFC

Lighter +20%#D0ECF0

Lighter +10%#AADCE3

Darker −10%#5CBCCB

Darker −20%#3CA8B8

Darker −30%#2F8592

Darker −40%#23626B

More saturated +25%#6FDBEC

Less saturated −25%#98BDC3

Channel breakdown

R131

G204

B215

Red131 (51.4%)

Green204 (80%)

Blue215 (84.3%)

Hue187.86°

Saturation (HSL)51.22%

Lightness67.84%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 83 · G CC · B D7

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