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Recognised as Colour

#83DBFF

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

#83DBFF is a cyan with RGB values 131, 219, 255 and HSL 197°, 100%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#83DBFF#83DBFF
HEX#83DBFF
RGBrgb(131, 219, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.8588, 1
RGB percentages51.4%, 85.9%, 100%
HSLhsl(197.4, 100%, 75.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.4, 48.6%, 100%)
CMYK48.6%, 14.1%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,641,535
CSS custom property--colour: #83DBFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62708WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness201.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.54:1
Contrast with white1.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB
Inverted#7C2400

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C8D7FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21 from the original
Deuteranopia#B6CAFFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.2 from the original
Tritanopia#40E6E6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.55:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 6.4Light skyblue · ΔE 7.7Light blue · ΔE 15.6Powder blue · ΔE 18.2Light steelblue · ΔE 19.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 20
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 6.45, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFA783
Analogous#83FFE5, #839DFF
Triadic#FF83DB, #DBFF83
Split complementary#FF839D, #FFE583
Tetradic#E583FF, #FFA783, #9DFF83

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E9F9FF
Lighter +10%#B6EAFF
Darker −10%#50CCFF
Darker −20%#1DBDFF
Darker −30%#00A5E9
Darker −40%#0081B6
More saturated +25%#83DBFF
Less saturated −25%#93D4F0

Channel breakdown

R131
G219
B255
Red131 (51.4%)
Green219 (85.9%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue197.42°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness75.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 83 · G DB · B FF

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