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Recognised as Colour

#83D7EA

  • #83D7EA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#83D7EA is a cyan with RGB values 131, 215, 234 and HSL 191°, 71%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#83D7EA#83D7EA
HEX#83D7EA
RGBrgb(131, 215, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.8431, 0.9176
RGB percentages51.4%, 84.3%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(191.1, 71%, 71.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(191.1, 44%, 91.8%)
CMYK44%, 8.1%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,640,490
CSS custom property--colour: #83D7EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59367WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness196.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.87:1
Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7
Inverted#7C2815

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C9D2EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#B8C5EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.2 from the original
Tritanopia#53DFDDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 7.4Light blue · ΔE 11.6Powder blue · ΔE 12.3Pale turquoise · ΔE 13.9Light skyblue · ΔE 15Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.5
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 7.4, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EA9683
Analogous#83EAC9, #83A4EA
Triadic#EA83D7, #D7EA83
Split complementary#EA83A4, #EAC983
Tetradic#C983EA, #EA9683, #A4EA83

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DAF3F9
Lighter +10%#AFE5F1
Darker −10%#57C9E3
Darker −20%#2CBBDB
Darker −30%#1F9AB5
Darker −40%#17758A
More saturated +25%#71E2FC
Less saturated −25%#95CCD8

Channel breakdown

R131
G215
B234
Red131 (51.4%)
Green215 (84.3%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue191.07°
Saturation (HSL)71.03%
Lightness71.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 83 · G D7 · B EA

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