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#83A3FA

#83a3fa ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#83a3fa is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 51.37% red, 63.92% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 47.6% cyan, 34.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 223.87°, with 92.25% saturation and 74.71% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.58:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 5.71.

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Relative luminance0.3792

Complementary

  1. #83a3fa
  2. #fada83

Split complementary

  1. #83a3fa
  2. #fa9f83
  3. #defa83

Analogous

  1. #83defa
  2. #83a3fa
  3. #9f83fa

Triadic

  1. #83a3fa
  2. #fa83a3
  3. #a3fa83

Tetradic

  1. #83a3fa
  2. #da83fa
  3. #fada83
  4. #a3fa83

Square

  1. #83a3fa
  2. #fa83de
  3. #fada83
  4. #83fa9f

Monochromatic

  1. #0941db
  2. #396cf7
  3. #83a3fa
  4. #cddafd
  5. #ebf0fe

Shades

#83a3fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #83a3fa
  2. #7693e1
  3. #6982c8
  4. #5c72af
  5. #4f6296
  6. #42527d
  7. #344164
  8. #27314b
  9. #1a2132
  10. #0d1019
  11. #000000

Tints

#83a3fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #83a3fa
  2. #8facfb
  3. #9cb5fb
  4. #a8bffc
  5. #b5c8fc
  6. #c1d1fd
  7. #cddafd
  8. #dae3fe
  9. #e6edfe
  10. #f3f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#83a3fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #83a3fa
  2. #83a0ee
  3. #829ce2
  4. #8299d5
  5. #8295c9
  6. #8292bd
  7. #818eb1
  8. #818ba5
  9. #818798
  10. #80848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.45:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.58:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #99a5cd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #82abfe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #76a1f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #53b5c3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #83a8fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7ba2f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #69aedb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-83a3fa {
  color: #83a3fa;
}
Background
.bg-83a3fa {
  background-color: #83a3fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-83a3fa {
  border: 2px solid #83a3fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #83a3fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 131 163 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 224 92% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-83a3fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #83a3fa, #9f83fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-83a3fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(131 163 250 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 5.71 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.35 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.46 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 10.61 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.63 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.70 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 11.70 #7c5c05 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#83a3fa  rgb(131, 163, 250)  hsl(224, 92%, 75%)  Cornflower Blue
#fada83  rgb(250, 218, 131)  hsl(44, 92%, 75%)  Jasmine
#fa83a3  rgb(250, 131, 163)  hsl(344, 92%, 75%)  Flamingo Pink
#a3fa83  rgb(163, 250, 131)  hsl(104, 92%, 75%)  Mint Green