Information about #83BDC9 color

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Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #83BDC9 is classified in the Register under the Cyan Color Family, with Mild Saturation and Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(131, 189, 201) — 51.4% red, 74.1% green, 78.8% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 27 / 5 / 0 / 21. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

A softly balanced water-like cyan, #83BDC9 appears airy and pastel-like. Expect to see shades like this in clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Blue Hosta (#77BFC7). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Northern Lights Blue (#78C7C7) and Seagull (#77B7D0).

The recipe behind #83BDC9 is rgb(131, 189, 201), with blue as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #83BDC9 background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 10.1:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.1:1. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#83BDC9 color variations

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

#83BDC9 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#83BDC9 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#83BDC9 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#83BDC9 color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#83BDC9 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
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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
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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
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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
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Tetradic

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

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

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

Square color scheme
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Nearest named colors to #83BDC9

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

Blue Hosta color link
Blue Hosta

#77BFC7

Northern Lights Blue color link
Northern Lights Blue

#78C7C7

Seagull color link
Seagull

#77B7D0

Metallic Glacier color link
Metallic Glacier

#89B1C2

Dark Sky Blue color link
Dark Sky Blue

#8CBED6

Neptune color link
Neptune

#7CB7BB

Cyan Opaque color link
Cyan Opaque

#92C7C7

Refresh color link
Refresh

#71B8CA

Aqua Splash color link
Aqua Splash

#85CED1

Moby color link
Moby

#8EB2BE

Glacier color link
Glacier

#78B1BF

Blake color link
Blake

#88A7C8

#83BDC9 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#83BDC9
  • RGB131, 189, 201
  • CMYK27, 5, 0, 21
  • CSSrgb(131, 189, 201)
  • HSL190°, 39%, 65%
  • HSL Precise190.286°, 39.326%, 65.098%
  • HSV190°, 35%, 79%
  • HSB190°, 35%, 79%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.514
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.741
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.788
  • GLSLvec3(0.514, 0.741, 0.788)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.514, 0.741, 0.788, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.514, 0.741, 0.788)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB51.4%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB74.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB78.8%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX ID83BDC9
  • DECIMAL ID8633801
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers24 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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