#83b4ca

Color #83b4ca

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 10.68 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 9.2

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Conversions

HEX

#83b4ca

RGB

rgb(131, 180, 202)

HSL

hsl(198.6, 40.1%, 65.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(198.6, 35.1%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(35.1%, 10.9%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(70.68, -10.75, -16.32)

LCH

lch(70.68, 19.54, 236.63)

OKLCH

oklch(74.3%, 0.0607, 227.54)

HWB

hwb(198.6, 51.4%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ca9983

Analogous

#83cabd

#83b4ca

#8391ca

Triadic

#83b4ca

#ca83b4

#b4ca83

Split-complementary

#83b4ca

#ca8391

#cabd83

Tetradic

#83b4ca

#9983ca

#ca9983

#b4ca83

Square

#83b4ca

#bd83ca

#ca9983

#91ca83

Shades

Color #83b4ca mixed toward black.

#5c9cb9

#42809c

#326075

#21404e

#112027

Tints

Color #83b4ca mixed toward white.

#98c0d3

#accddc

#c1d9e4

#d6e6ed

#eaf2f6

Tones

Color #83b4ca mixed toward gray.

#89b2c4

#8fb0be

#95adb8

#9babb2

#a1a9ac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.35:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.35:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9bc5 · ΔE 18.8

Deuteranopia

#9894c4 · ΔE 19.9

Tritanopia

#86c1c0 · ΔE 10.8

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 15.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #83b4ca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#83b4ca]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#83b4ca (#83b4ca) is rgb(131, 180, 202) in RGB.

No, #83b4ca 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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