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Recognised as Colour

#83CED6

  • #83CED6
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#83CED6 is a cyan with RGB values 131, 206, 214 and HSL 186°, 50%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#83CED6#83CED6
HEX#83CED6
RGBrgb(131, 206, 214)
RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.8078, 0.8392
RGB percentages51.4%, 80.8%, 83.9%
HSLhsl(185.8, 50.3%, 67.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(185.8, 38.8%, 83.9%)
CMYK38.8%, 3.7%, 0%, 16.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,638,166
CSS custom property--colour: #83CED6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53823WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness187.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.76:1
Contrast with white1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF
Inverted#7C3129

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C3C8D7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#B5BDD6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.7 from the original
Tritanopia#60D4D0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 11Light blue · ΔE 11.7Sky blue · ΔE 11.9Pale turquoise · ΔE 12.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.5Cadetblue · ΔE 17.7
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 11.04, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D68B83
Analogous#83D6B5, #83A4D6
Triadic#D683CE, #CED683
Split complementary#D683A4, #D6B583
Tetradic#B583D6, #D68B83, #A4D683

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F6FBFC
Lighter +20%#D0ECEF
Lighter +10%#A9DDE3
Darker −10%#5DBFC9
Darker −20%#3CABB7
Darker −30%#308790
Darker −40%#23636A
More saturated +25%#6EDFEB
Less saturated −25%#98BDC1

Channel breakdown

R131
G206
B214
Red131 (51.4%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue214 (83.9%)
Hue185.78°
Saturation (HSL)50.3%
Lightness67.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 83 · G CE · B D6

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