#83a9ae

Color #83a9ae

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 9.78 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#83a9ae

RGB

rgb(131, 169, 174)

HSL

hsl(187, 21%, 59.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187, 24.7%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.7%, 2.9%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(66.72, -11.67, -6.79)

LCH

lch(66.72, 13.5, 210.19)

OKLCH

oklch(70.9%, 0.0419, 206.2)

HWB

hwb(187, 51.4%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ae8883

Analogous

#83ae9e

#83a9ae

#8393ae

Triadic

#83a9ae

#ae83a9

#a9ae83

Split-complementary

#83a9ae

#ae8393

#ae9e83

Tetradic

#83a9ae

#8883ae

#ae8883

#a9ae83

Square

#83a9ae

#9e83ae

#ae8883

#93ae83

Shades

Color #83a9ae mixed toward black.

#64949a

#50767b

#3c595c

#283b3e

#141e1f

Tints

Color #83a9ae mixed toward white.

#98b7bc

#acc6c9

#c1d4d7

#d6e2e4

#eaf1f2

Tones

Color #83a9ae mixed toward gray.

#87a6aa

#8aa3a7

#8ea1a3

#919ea0

#959b9c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.25:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.25:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9595ad · ΔE 19

Deuteranopia

#9390ad · ΔE 21.3

Tritanopia

#85acac · ΔE 2.5

Achromatopsia

#a2a2a2 · ΔE 13.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #83a9ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#83a9ae]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#83a9ae (#83a9ae) is rgb(131, 169, 174) in RGB.

No, #83a9ae 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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