Recognised as Colour

#83DACE

#83DACE
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Medium turquoise

#83DACE is a cyan with RGB values 131, 218, 206 and HSL 172°, 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

#83DACE#83DACE

HEX#83DACE

RGBrgb(131, 218, 206)

RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.8549, 0.8078

RGB percentages51.4%, 85.5%, 80.8%

HSLhsl(171.7, 54%, 68.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(171.7, 39.9%, 85.5%)

CMYK39.9%, 0%, 5.5%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,641,230

CSS custom property--colour: #83DACE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59424WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness194.6 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#7C2531

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D2D1CEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#C3C6CFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.8 from the original

Tritanopia#61DDD6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.4 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 11.3 Pale turquoise · ΔE 13.3 Turquoise · ΔE 15.2 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.3 Powder blue · ΔE 16.6 Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.9

Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 11.27, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DA838F

Analogous#83DAA3, #83BADA

Triadic#CE83DA, #DACE83

Split complementary#DA83BA, #DAA383

Tetradic#A383DA, #DA838F, #BADA83

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F9FDFD

Lighter +20%#D2F1ED

Lighter +10%#AAE6DE

Darker −10%#5CCEBE

Darker −20%#39BEAC

Darker −30%#2D9788

Darker −40%#217065

More saturated +25%#6FEEDD

Less saturated −25%#97C6BF

Channel breakdown

R131

G218

B206

Red131 (51.4%)

Green218 (85.5%)

Blue206 (80.8%)

Hue171.72°

Saturation (HSL)54.04%

Lightness68.43%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 83 · G DA · B CE

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