#83b5e7

Color #83b5e7

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 10.7 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#83b5e7

RGB

rgb(131, 181, 231)

HSL

hsl(210, 67.6%, 71%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(210, 43.3%, 90.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(43.3%, 21.6%, 0%, 9.4%)

LAB

lab(71.99, -3.62, -30.18)

LCH

lch(71.99, 30.4, 263.16)

OKLCH

oklch(75.7%, 0.0897, 249.1)

HWB

hwb(210, 51.4%, 9.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e7b583

Analogous

#83e7e7

#83b5e7

#8383e7

Triadic

#83b5e7

#e783b5

#b5e783

Split-complementary

#83b5e7

#e78383

#e7e783

Tetradic

#83b5e7

#b583e7

#e7b583

#b5e783

Square

#83b5e7

#e783e7

#e7b583

#83e783

Shades

Color #83b5e7 mixed toward black.

#5097dd

#2779ca

#1d5b98

#143c65

#0a1e33

Tints

Color #83b5e7 mixed toward white.

#98c1eb

#acceef

#c1daf3

#d6e6f7

#eaf3fb

Tones

Color #83b5e7 mixed toward gray.

#8bb5df

#94b5d6

#9cb5ce

#a4b5c6

#adb5bd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.73:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.73:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9cdc · ΔE 13.2

Deuteranopia

#9894da · ΔE 14.8

Tritanopia

#86d3d1 · ΔE 20.2

Achromatopsia

#b0b0b0 · ΔE 18.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #83b5e7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#83b5e7]

Related colors

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

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Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#83b5e7 (#83b5e7) is rgb(131, 181, 231) in RGB.

No, #83b5e7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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