Information about #83ACD8 color

#83ACD8 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#83ACD8 falls into the Azure Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(131, 172, 216) — 51.4% red, 67.5% green, 84.7% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 33 / 17 / 0 / 15. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #83ACD8 reads as a confidently colored azure and appears airy and pastel-like. Expect to see shades like this in minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Light Cobalt Blue (#88ACE0). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Polo Blue (#8AA7CC) and Ruddy Blue (#76ABDF).

In RGB terms — rgb(131, 172, 216) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #83ACD8: 8.9:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.4:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #83ACD8 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#83ACD8 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#83ACD8 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #83ACD8

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Polo Blue color link
Polo Blue

#8AA7CC

Ruddy Blue color link
Ruddy Blue

#76ABDF

Vista Blue color link
Vista Blue

#7C9ED9

Blake color link
Blake

#88A7C8

Seagull color link
Seagull

#77B7D0

Iceberg color link
Iceberg

#71A6D2

Mooni Blue color link
Mooni Blue

#95B5D6

Ceil color link
Ceil

#92A1CF

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#83ACD8
  • RGB131, 172, 216
  • CMYK33, 17, 0, 15
  • CSSrgb(131, 172, 216)
  • HSL211°, 52%, 68%
  • HSL Precise211.059°, 52.147%, 68.039%
  • HSV211°, 39%, 85%
  • HSB211°, 39%, 85%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.514
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.675
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.847
  • GLSLvec3(0.514, 0.675, 0.847)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.514, 0.675, 0.847, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.514, 0.675, 0.847)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB51.4%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB67.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB84.7%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX ID83ACD8
  • DECIMAL ID8629464
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01