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Recognised as Colour

#83DADC

  • #83DADC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#83DADC is a cyan with RGB values 131, 218, 220 and HSL 181°, 56%, 69%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#83DADC#83DADC
HEX#83DADC
RGBrgb(131, 218, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.8549, 0.8627
RGB percentages51.4%, 85.5%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(181.3, 56%, 68.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(181.3, 40.5%, 86.3%)
CMYK40.5%, 0.9%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,641,244
CSS custom property--colour: #83DADC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60135WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness196.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.03:1
Contrast with white1.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8
Inverted#7C2523

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CFD3DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#BFC7DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.5 from the original
Tritanopia#5ADFDAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.61:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 10.5Powder blue · ΔE 12.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 12.8Light blue · ΔE 15.1Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.4Sky blue · ΔE 16.4
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 10.53, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DC8583
Analogous#83DCB2, #83ADDC
Triadic#DC83DA, #DADC83
Split complementary#DC83AD, #DCB283
Tetradic#B283DC, #DC8583, #ADDC83

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAFEFE
Lighter +20%#D3F2F2
Lighter +10%#ABE6E7
Darker −10%#5BCED1
Darker −20%#37BFC2
Darker −30%#2C989A
Darker −40%#207173
More saturated +25%#6FEDF0
Less saturated −25%#97C7C8

Channel breakdown

R131
G218
B220
Red131 (51.4%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue181.35°
Saturation (HSL)55.97%
Lightness68.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 83 · G DA · B DC

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