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Recognised as Colour

#83CCEA

  • #83CCEA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#83CCEA is a cyan with RGB values 131, 204, 234 and HSL 197°, 71%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#83CCEA#83CCEA
HEX#83CCEA
RGBrgb(131, 204, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.8, 0.9176
RGB percentages51.4%, 80%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(197.5, 71%, 71.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.5, 44%, 91.8%)
CMYK44%, 12.8%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,637,674
CSS custom property--colour: #83CCEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53952WCAG 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 11.79:1
Contrast with white1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF
Inverted#7C3315

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BCC9ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#ADBDEAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.6 from the original
Tritanopia#55D5D5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.78:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 1Light skyblue · ΔE 7.9Light blue · ΔE 12.5Light steelblue · ΔE 15.3Powder blue · ΔE 15.9Pale turquoise · ΔE 19.9
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 1.04, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EAA183
Analogous#83EAD4, #8399EA
Triadic#EA83CC, #CCEA83
Split complementary#EA8399, #EAD483
Tetradic#D483EA, #EAA183, #99EA83

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DAF0F9
Lighter +10%#AFDEF1
Darker −10%#57BAE3
Darker −20%#2CA8DB
Darker −30%#1F89B5
Darker −40%#17688A
More saturated +25%#71D4FC
Less saturated −25%#95C4D8

Channel breakdown

R131
G204
B234
Red131 (51.4%)
Green204 (80%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue197.48°
Saturation (HSL)71.03%
Lightness71.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 83 · G CC · B EA

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