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Recognised as Colour

#83D8BB

  • #83D8BB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#83D8BB is a cyan with RGB values 131, 216, 187 and HSL 160°, 52%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#83D8BB#83D8BB
HEX#83D8BB
RGBrgb(131, 216, 187)
RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.8471, 0.7333
RGB percentages51.4%, 84.7%, 73.3%
HSLhsl(159.5, 52.1%, 68%)
HSV / HSBhsv(159.5, 39.4%, 84.7%)
CMYK39.4%, 0%, 13.4%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,640,699
CSS custom property--colour: #83D8BB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57525WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.5:1
Contrast with white1.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4
Inverted#7C2744

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D4CEBAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#C5C4BDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.6 from the original
Tritanopia#6AD9CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.68:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 7.9Turquoise · ΔE 15.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.8Dark seagreen · ΔE 16.8Aquamarine · ΔE 17.9Light seagreen · ΔE 20
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 7.94, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D883A0
Analogous#83D890, #83CBD8
Triadic#BB83D8, #D8BB83
Split complementary#D883CB, #D89083
Tetradic#9083D8, #D883A0, #CBD883

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F7FDFB
Lighter +20%#D1F0E6
Lighter +10%#AAE4D0
Darker −10%#5CCCA6
Darker −20%#3BBA8F
Darker −30%#2E9471
Darker −40%#226D53
More saturated +25%#6FECC1
Less saturated −25%#97C4B5

Channel breakdown

R131
G216
B187
Red131 (51.4%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue187 (73.3%)
Hue159.53°
Saturation (HSL)52.15%
Lightness68.04%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 83 · G D8 · B BB

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