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#83a3cd color: Paula Loves Paris

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214°
100%

OKLCH

70.7%
0.071
255°
  • ≈ Dark gray
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Dusty
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 20%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.60:1 · Below AALc -56
Black text8.09:1 · AALc 53

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About #83a3cd

#83a3cd is a dusty light blue color. In OKLCH it has 70.7% lightness, 0.071 chroma and a hue of 255°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.6:1 contrast and black text 8.09:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Paula Loves Paris (#80a4cd). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is slate-400.

More light blue colors

Lighter: #83a3cd mixed with white

  1. 83a3cd
  2. 8facd2
  3. 9bb5d7
  4. a7bedc
  5. b3c7e2
  6. c0d1e7
  7. ccdaec
  8. d9e3f0
  9. e5ecf5
  10. f2f6fa

Darker: #83a3cd mixed with black

  1. 83a3cd
  2. 718db2
  3. 607898
  4. 4f637e
  5. 3f4f66
  6. 2f3c4e
  7. 202a38
  8. 121923
  9. 060a0f
  10. 010102

Calmer: #83a3cd with less saturation

  1. 83a3cd
  2. 86a3c9
  3. 89a3c4
  4. 8ca3c0
  5. 8fa2bc
  6. 92a2b7
  7. 95a2b3
  8. 98a1ae
  9. 9ba1aa
  10. 9ea1a5