#83a7ca

Color #83a7ca

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 13.37 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#83a7ca

RGB

rgb(131, 167, 202)

HSL

hsl(209.6, 40.1%, 65.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(209.6, 35.1%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(35.1%, 17.3%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(67.07, -3.7, -21.8)

LCH

lch(67.07, 22.11, 260.37)

OKLCH

oklch(71.5%, 0.0648, 248.07)

HWB

hwb(209.6, 51.4%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#caa683

Analogous

#83caca

#83a7ca

#8384ca

Triadic

#83a7ca

#ca83a7

#a7ca83

Split-complementary

#83a7ca

#ca8384

#caca83

Tetradic

#83a7ca

#a683ca

#caa683

#a7ca83

Square

#83a7ca

#ca83ca

#caa683

#84ca83

Shades

Color #83a7ca mixed toward black.

#5c8bb9

#42709c

#325475

#21384e

#111c27

Tints

Color #83a7ca mixed toward white.

#98b6d3

#acc4dc

#c1d3e4

#d6e2ed

#eaf0f6

Tones

Color #83a7ca mixed toward gray.

#89a7c4

#8fa7be

#95a7b8

#9ba7b2

#a1a7ac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.35:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.35:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9494c2 · ΔE 12.6

Deuteranopia

#928fc0 · ΔE 13.6

Tritanopia

#85bcba · ΔE 17.1

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 14.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #83a7ca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#83a7ca]

Related colors

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#83a7ca (#83a7ca) is rgb(131, 167, 202) in RGB.

No, #83a7ca is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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