#83c5fe

Color #83c5fe

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 8.17 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 2.2

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Conversions

HEX

#83c5fe

RGB

rgb(131, 197, 254)

HSL

hsl(207.8, 98.4%, 75.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(207.8, 48.4%, 99.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(48.4%, 22.4%, 0%, 0.4%)

LAB

lab(77.23, -5.87, -34.49)

LCH

lch(77.23, 34.99, 260.34)

OKLCH

oklch(80.1%, 0.1056, 245.67)

HWB

hwb(207.8, 51.4%, 0.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#febc83

Analogous

#83fef9

#83c5fe

#8388fe

Triadic

#83c5fe

#fe83c5

#c5fe83

Split-complementary

#83c5fe

#fe8388

#fef983

Tetradic

#83c5fe

#bc83fe

#febc83

#c5fe83

Square

#83c5fe

#f983fe

#febc83

#88fe83

Shades

Color #83c5fe mixed toward black.

#43a7fd

#0489fd

#0267bf

#01457f

#012240

Tints

Color #83c5fe mixed toward white.

#98cffe

#acd8fe

#c1e2ff

#d6ecff

#eaf5ff

Tones

Color #83c5fe mixed toward gray.

#8dc4f4

#98c4ea

#a2c3df

#acc2d5

#b6c1cb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.38:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.38:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a4a4f2 · ΔE 16.1

Deuteranopia

#a09bef · ΔE 17.8

Tritanopia

#87e8e5 · ΔE 21.4

Achromatopsia

#bfbfbf · ΔE 19.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #83c5fe;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#83c5fe]

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Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#83c5fe (#83c5fe) is rgb(131, 197, 254) in RGB.

No, #83c5fe 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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