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Recognised as Colour

#83E3FF

  • #83E3FF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#83E3FF is a cyan with RGB values 131, 227, 255 and HSL 194°, 100%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#83E3FF#83E3FF
HEX#83E3FF
RGBrgb(131, 227, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.8902, 1
RGB percentages51.4%, 89%, 100%
HSLhsl(193.5, 100%, 75.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.5, 48.6%, 100%)
CMYK48.6%, 11%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,643,583
CSS custom property--colour: #83E3FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66983WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness206.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.4:1
Contrast with white1.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1
Inverted#7C1C00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D1DEFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#BED0FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.3 from the original
Tritanopia#3DEDECno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.46:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 9Light skyblue · ΔE 13.3Light blue · ΔE 15Powder blue · ΔE 16Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.7Light steelblue · ΔE 22.3
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 8.97, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF9F83
Analogous#83FFDD, #83A5FF
Triadic#FF83E3, #E3FF83
Split complementary#FF83A5, #FFDD83
Tetradic#DD83FF, #FF9F83, #A5FF83

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E9FAFF
Lighter +10%#B6EFFF
Darker −10%#50D7FF
Darker −20%#1DCCFF
Darker −30%#00B4E9
Darker −40%#008DB6
More saturated +25%#83E3FF
Less saturated −25%#93DBF0

Channel breakdown

R131
G227
B255
Red131 (51.4%)
Green227 (89%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue193.55°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness75.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 83 · G E3 · B FF

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