#83b5fb

Color #83b5fb

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 16.18 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#83b5fb

RGB

rgb(131, 181, 251)

HSL

hsl(215, 93.8%, 74.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215, 47.8%, 98.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(47.8%, 27.9%, 0%, 1.6%)

LAB

lab(72.78, 2.01, -39.78)

LCH

lch(72.78, 39.83, 272.89)

OKLCH

oklch(76.6%, 0.1144, 256.91)

HWB

hwb(215, 51.4%, 1.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#fbc983

Analogous

#83f1fb

#83b5fb

#8d83fb

Triadic

#83b5fb

#fb83b5

#b5fb83

Split-complementary

#83b5fb

#fb8d83

#f1fb83

Tetradic

#83b5fb

#c983fb

#fbc983

#b5fb83

Square

#83b5fb

#fb83f1

#fbc983

#83fb8d

Shades

Color #83b5fb mixed toward black.

#4590f9

#086bf7

#0651b9

#04367b

#021b3e

Tints

Color #83b5fb mixed toward white.

#98c1fc

#accefc

#c1dafd

#d6e6fe

#eaf3fe

Tones

Color #83b5fb mixed toward gray.

#8db7f1

#97b8e7

#a1badd

#abbcd3

#b5bdc9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.97:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.97:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9ced · ΔE 12

Deuteranopia

#9894e9 · ΔE 13.8

Tritanopia

#86e0dd · ΔE 25.3

Achromatopsia

#b3b3b3 · ΔE 21

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Code

CSS

background-color: #83b5fb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#83b5fb]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#83b5fb (#83b5fb) is rgb(131, 181, 251) in RGB.

No, #83b5fb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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