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#83C8EA

#83c8ea ≈ Baby Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#83c8ea is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 51.37% red, 78.43% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 44.02% cyan, 14.53% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 199.81°, with 71.03% saturation and 71.57% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.41:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Baby Blue (#89cff0), ΔE 1.77.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.5207

Complementary

  1. #83c8ea
  2. #eaa583

Split complementary

  1. #83c8ea
  2. #ea8395
  3. #ead983

Analogous

  1. #83ead9
  2. #83c8ea
  3. #8395ea

Triadic

  1. #83c8ea
  2. #ea83c8
  3. #c8ea83

Tetradic

  1. #83c8ea
  2. #a583ea
  3. #eaa583
  4. #c8ea83

Square

  1. #83c8ea
  2. #d983ea
  3. #eaa583
  4. #95ea83

Monochromatic

  1. #1f84b5
  2. #42abdf
  3. #83c8ea
  4. #c4e5f5
  5. #eef7fc

Shades

#83c8ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #83c8ea
  2. #76b4d3
  3. #69a0bb
  4. #5c8ca4
  5. #4f788c
  6. #426475
  7. #34505e
  8. #273c46
  9. #1a282f
  10. #0d1417
  11. #000000

Tints

#83c8ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #83c8ea
  2. #8fceec
  3. #9cd3ee
  4. #a8d9f0
  5. #b5def2
  6. #c1e4f5
  7. #cde9f7
  8. #daeff9
  9. #e6f4fb
  10. #f3fafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#83c8ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #83c8ea
  2. #83c1df
  3. #82bad5
  4. #82b2ca
  5. #82abc0
  6. #82a4b5
  7. #819daa
  8. #8196a0
  9. #818e95
  10. #80878b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.41:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bfbfbf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aac3d2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b7c6ec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a8baea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #56d2d3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a5c7eb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9bc0ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6bcedd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-83c8ea {
  color: #83c8ea;
}
Background
.bg-83c8ea {
  background-color: #83c8ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-83c8ea {
  border: 2px solid #83c8ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #83c8ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 131 200 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 71% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-83c8ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #83c8ea, #8395ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-83c8ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(131 200 234 / 0.35);
}

#89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 1.77 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 2.29 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 3.17 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 5.57 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 7.73 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.89 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 7.93 #7c3715 Inverted #bfbfbf Grayscale 

Baby Blue
#83c8ea  rgb(131, 200, 234)  hsl(200, 71%, 72%)  Baby Blue
#eaa583  rgb(234, 165, 131)  hsl(20, 71%, 72%)  Tumbleweed
#ea83c8  rgb(234, 131, 200)  hsl(320, 71%, 72%)  Persian Pink
#c8ea83  rgb(200, 234, 131)  hsl(80, 71%, 72%)  Inchworm