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#83BDBE

Powder Blue · light cool teal

About #83BDBE

With the hex code #83BDBE, this is a light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 51% red, 74% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 31% cyan, 1% magenta, 0% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Powder Blue — a ΔE of 14.0 — followed by Light Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #BE8483, a old rose shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 9.99:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red131
Green189
Blue190

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 14.0
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 14.2
Sky Blue
#87CEEB · ΔE 16.5

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #83BDBE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #83BDBE.
2.10:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #83BDBE.
9.99:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #83BDBE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#83BDBE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B5B8BE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#AAAFBF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#6DC1BD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #83BDBE?

With the hex code #83BDBE, this is a light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 51% red, 74% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 31% cyan, 1% magenta, 0% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #83BDBE?

Use black text. Black on #83BDBE has a contrast ratio of 9.99:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #83BDBE?

Its complementary colour is #BE8483, and analogous partners are #83BEA1 and #83A0BE.