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#83BDCA

#83bdca ≈ Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#83bdca is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 51.37% red, 74.12% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 35.15% cyan, 6.44% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 190.99°, with 40.11% saturation and 65.29% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.1:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sky Blue (#87ceeb), ΔE 6.72.

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Web safe#99cccc
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Relative luminance0.4548

Complementary

  1. #83bdca
  2. #ca9083

Split complementary

  1. #83bdca
  2. #ca8399
  3. #cab383

Analogous

  1. #83cab3
  2. #83bdca
  3. #8399ca

Triadic

  1. #83bdca
  2. #ca83bd
  3. #bdca83

Tetradic

  1. #83bdca
  2. #9083ca
  3. #ca9083
  4. #bdca83

Square

  1. #83bdca
  2. #b383ca
  3. #ca9083
  4. #99ca83

Monochromatic

  1. #36717e
  2. #4da0b3
  3. #83bdca
  4. #b9dae1
  5. #eef6f8

Shades

#83bdca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #83bdca
  2. #76aab6
  3. #6997a2
  4. #5c848d
  5. #4f7179
  6. #425f65
  7. #344c51
  8. #27393d
  9. #1a2628
  10. #0d1314
  11. #000000

Tints

#83bdca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #83bdca
  2. #8fc4cf
  3. #9ccad5
  4. #a8d1da
  5. #b5d7df
  6. #c1dee5
  7. #cde5ea
  8. #daebef
  9. #e6f2f4
  10. #f3f8fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#83bdca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #83bdca
  2. #83b7c3
  3. #82b1bb
  4. #82abb4
  5. #82a5ac
  6. #829fa5
  7. #81989e
  8. #819296
  9. #818c8f
  10. #808687
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.08:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a2b8bd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b3b9cb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a7b0ca ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #69c3c1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a2bbca ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9ab5ca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #74c0c5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-83bdca {
  color: #83bdca;
}
Background
.bg-83bdca {
  background-color: #83bdca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-83bdca {
  border: 2px solid #83bdca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #83bdca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 131 189 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 191 40% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-83bdca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #83bdca, #8399ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-83bdca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(131 189 202 / 0.35);
}

#87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 6.72 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.42 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.94 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 8.21 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 8.23 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 8.75 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 9.44 #7c4235 Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#83bdca  rgb(131, 189, 202)  hsl(191, 40%, 65%)  Sky Blue
#ca9083  rgb(202, 144, 131)  hsl(11, 40%, 65%)  Rosy Brown
#ca83bd  rgb(202, 131, 189)  hsl(311, 40%, 65%)  Sky Magenta
#bdca83  rgb(189, 202, 131)  hsl(71, 40%, 65%)  Dark Khaki