#83a0e6

Color #83a0e6

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 11.74 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#83a0e6

RGB

rgb(131, 160, 230)

HSL

hsl(222.4, 66.4%, 70.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(222.4, 43%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(43%, 30.4%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(66.27, 7.84, -38.49)

LCH

lch(66.27, 39.28, 281.51)

OKLCH

oklch(71.2%, 0.1079, 266.49)

HWB

hwb(222.4, 51.4%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e6c983

Analogous

#83d2e6

#83a0e6

#9883e6

Triadic

#83a0e6

#e683a0

#a0e683

Split-complementary

#83a0e6

#e69883

#d2e683

Tetradic

#83a0e6

#c983e6

#e6c983

#a0e683

Square

#83a0e6

#e683d2

#e6c983

#83e698

Shades

Color #83a0e6 mixed toward black.

#517adc

#2857c8

#1e4196

#142c64

#0a1632

Tints

Color #83a0e6 mixed toward white.

#98b0ea

#acc0ee

#c1d0f2

#d6dff7

#eaeffb

Tones

Color #83a0e6 mixed toward gray.

#8ba4de

#94a7d6

#9caacd

#a4aec5

#acb1bd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.58:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.14:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.14:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9091d8 · ΔE 7.6

Deuteranopia

#8f8dd4 · ΔE 8.7

Tritanopia

#85ccc9 · ΔE 26.4

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 21

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Code

CSS

background-color: #83a0e6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#83a0e6]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#83a0e6 (#83a0e6) is rgb(131, 160, 230) in RGB.

No, #83a0e6 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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