#83afaa

Color #83afaa

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 9.67 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 11.1

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Conversions

HEX

#83afaa

RGB

rgb(131, 175, 170)

HSL

hsl(173.2, 21.6%, 60%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(173.2, 25.1%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.1%, 0%, 2.9%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(68.3, -15.75, -2.23)

LCH

lch(68.3, 15.91, 188.06)

OKLCH

oklch(72.1%, 0.0477, 187.47)

HWB

hwb(173.2, 51.4%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#af8388

Analogous

#83af94

#83afaa

#839eaf

Triadic

#83afaa

#aa83af

#afaa83

Split-complementary

#83afaa

#af839e

#af9483

Tetradic

#83afaa

#8388af

#af8388

#afaa83

Square

#83afaa

#9483af

#af8388

#9eaf83

Shades

Color #83afaa mixed toward black.

#649b95

#507c77

#3c5d59

#283e3c

#141f1e

Tints

Color #83afaa mixed toward white.

#98bcb8

#accac6

#c1d7d5

#d6e4e3

#eaf2f1

Tones

Color #83afaa mixed toward gray.

#87aba7

#8aa8a4

#8ea4a2

#92a09f

#959d9c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.68:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.68:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9898ab · ΔE 21.2

Deuteranopia

#9592ac · ΔE 24.1

Tritanopia

#86acac · ΔE 2.9

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 15.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #83afaa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#83afaa]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#83afaa (#83afaa) is rgb(131, 175, 170) in RGB.

No, #83afaa 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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