#83aee9

Color #83aee9

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 16.06 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#83aee9

RGB

rgb(131, 174, 233)

HSL

hsl(214.7, 69.9%, 71.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(214.7, 43.8%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(43.8%, 25.3%, 0%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(70.16, 0.8, -34.09)

LCH

lch(70.16, 34.1, 271.34)

OKLCH

oklch(74.3%, 0.0977, 256.45)

HWB

hwb(214.7, 51.4%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e9be83

Analogous

#83e1e9

#83aee9

#8b83e9

Triadic

#83aee9

#e983ae

#aee983

Split-complementary

#83aee9

#e98b83

#e1e983

Tetradic

#83aee9

#be83e9

#e9be83

#aee983

Square

#83aee9

#e983e1

#e9be83

#83e98b

Shades

Color #83aee9 mixed toward black.

#508ce0

#256cce

#1b519b

#123667

#091b34

Tints

Color #83aee9 mixed toward white.

#98bced

#acc9f0

#c1d7f4

#d6e4f8

#eaf2fb

Tones

Color #83aee9 mixed toward gray.

#8cafe1

#94b1d8

#9db2d0

#a5b3c7

#aeb5bf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.2:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.2:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9898dd · ΔE 11.3

Deuteranopia

#9592d9 · ΔE 12.5

Tritanopia

#86d2d0 · ΔE 22.9

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 19.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #83aee9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#83aee9]

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

#83aee9 (#83aee9) is rgb(131, 174, 233) in RGB.

No, #83aee9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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