Information about #83BCCC color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #83BCCC reads as a clearly saturated water-like cyan and appears airy and pastel-like. Designers typically reach for tones like this for clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is very close to Blue Hosta (#77BFC7). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Seagull (#77B7D0) and Dark Sky Blue (#8CBED6).
In RGB terms — rgb(131, 188, 204) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #83BCCC background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 10.0:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.1:1. No one has named #83BCCC so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.
#83BCCC color variations
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#83BCCC color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#83BCCC color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#83BCCC color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#83BCCC color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#83BCCC 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.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
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.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #83BCCC color
View adjacent and very similar colors.
Nearest named colors to #83BCCC
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#77BFC7
#77B7D0
#8CBED6
#89B1C2
#78C7C7
#71B8CA
#85CED1
#7CB7BB
#92C7C7
#78B1BF
#8EB2BE
#95B5D6
#83BCCC color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#83BCCC
- RGB131, 188, 204
- CMYK29, 6, 0, 20
- CSSrgb(131, 188, 204)
- HSL193°, 42%, 66%
- HSL Precise193.151°, 41.714%, 65.686%
- HSV193°, 36%, 80%
- HSB193°, 36%, 80%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.514
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.737
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.800
- GLSLvec3(0.514, 0.737, 0.800)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.514, 0.737, 0.800, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.514, 0.737, 0.800)
- Percentage of Red in RGB51.4%
- Percentage of Green in RGB73.7%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB80%
- Color FamilyCyan
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX ID83BCCC
- DECIMAL ID8633548
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers11 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
