Recognised as Colour

#83DACD

#83DACD
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Medium turquoise

#83DACD is a cyan with RGB values 131, 218, 205 and HSL 171°, 54%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#83DACD#83DACD

HEX#83DACD

RGBrgb(131, 218, 205)

RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.8549, 0.8039

RGB percentages51.4%, 85.5%, 80.4%

HSLhsl(171, 54%, 68.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(171, 39.9%, 85.5%)

CMYK39.9%, 0%, 6%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,641,229

CSS custom property--colour: #83DACD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59376WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness194.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.88:1

Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7

Inverted#7C2532

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D2D1CDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#C3C6CEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.9 from the original

Tritanopia#62DDD6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.3 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 text12.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.4 Pale turquoise · ΔE 13.7 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.8 Turquoise · ΔE 15 Powder blue · ΔE 17 Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.1

Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 11.37, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DA8390

Analogous#83DAA2, #83BBDA

Triadic#CD83DA, #DACD83

Split complementary#DA83BB, #DAA283

Tetradic#A283DA, #DA8390, #BBDA83

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F9FDFD

Lighter +20%#D2F1ED

Lighter +10%#AAE6DD

Darker −10%#5CCEBD

Darker −20%#39BEAA

Darker −30%#2D9787

Darker −40%#217064

More saturated +25%#6FEEDB

Less saturated −25%#97C6BF

Channel breakdown

R131

G218

B205

Red131 (51.4%)

Green218 (85.5%)

Blue205 (80.4%)

Hue171.03°

Saturation (HSL)54.04%

Lightness68.43%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 83 · G DA · B CD

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Colour values

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