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Recognised as Colour

#83DFF9

  • #83DFF9
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#83DFF9 is a cyan with RGB values 131, 223, 249 and HSL 193°, 91%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#83DFF9#83DFF9
HEX#83DFF9
RGBrgb(131, 223, 249)
RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.8745, 0.9765
RGB percentages51.4%, 87.5%, 97.6%
HSLhsl(193.2, 90.8%, 74.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.2, 47.4%, 97.6%)
CMYK47.4%, 10.4%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,642,553
CSS custom property--colour: #83DFF9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6444WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness203.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.89:1
Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CDCDCD
Inverted#7C2006

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CEDAFAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCCCF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.1 from the original
Tritanopia#45E8E7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 7.7Light skyblue · ΔE 13.1Light blue · ΔE 13.8Powder blue · ΔE 14.9Pale turquoise · ΔE 15.9Light steelblue · ΔE 21.1
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 7.72, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F99D83
Analogous#83F9D8, #83A4F9
Triadic#F983DF, #DFF983
Split complementary#F983A4, #F9D883
Tetradic#D883F9, #F99D83, #A4F983

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E4F8FE
Lighter +10%#B4ECFB
Darker −10%#52D2F7
Darker −20%#22C6F4
Darker −30%#0AABD9
Darker −40%#0885A8
More saturated +25%#7DE2FF
Less saturated −25%#93D6E9

Channel breakdown

R131
G223
B249
Red131 (51.4%)
Green223 (87.5%)
Blue249 (97.6%)
Hue193.22°
Saturation (HSL)90.77%
Lightness74.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 83 · G DF · B F9

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