#83a5a9

Color #83a5a9

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 10.09 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#83a5a9

RGB

rgb(131, 165, 169)

HSL

hsl(186.3, 18.1%, 58.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.3, 22.5%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.5%, 2.4%, 0%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(65.44, -10.68, -5.9)

LCH

lch(65.44, 12.2, 208.92)

OKLCH

oklch(69.8%, 0.0377, 205.27)

HWB

hwb(186.3, 51.4%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a98783

Analogous

#83a99a

#83a5a9

#8392a9

Triadic

#83a5a9

#a983a5

#a5a983

Split-complementary

#83a5a9

#a98392

#a99a83

Tetradic

#83a5a9

#8783a9

#a98783

#a5a983

Square

#83a5a9

#9a83a9

#a98783

#92a983

Shades

Color #83a5a9 mixed toward black.

#668f94

#527276

#3d5659

#29393b

#141d1e

Tints

Color #83a5a9 mixed toward white.

#98b4b7

#acc3c6

#c1d2d4

#d6e1e2

#eaf0f1

Tones

Color #83a5a9 mixed toward gray.

#86a2a6

#89a0a3

#8c9d9f

#909b9c

#939899

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.92:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.92:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9393a8 · ΔE 17.7

Deuteranopia

#918ea8 · ΔE 20.2

Tritanopia

#85a7a7 · ΔE 2

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 12.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #83a5a9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#83a5a9]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#83a5a9 (#83a5a9) is rgb(131, 165, 169) in RGB.

No, #83a5a9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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