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#83a5cb color: Paula Loves Paris

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212°
100%

OKLCH

71.1%
0.067
252°
  • ≈ Dark gray
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Dusty
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 20%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.56:1 · Below AALc -55
Black text8.21:1 · AALc 54

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About #83a5cb

#83a5cb is a dusty light blue color. In OKLCH it has 71.1% lightness, 0.067 chroma and a hue of 252°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.56:1 contrast and black text 8.21:1, 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: #83a5cb mixed with white

  1. 83a5cb
  2. 8faed0
  3. 9bb7d6
  4. a7c0db
  5. b4c9e0
  6. c0d2e5
  7. ccdbeb
  8. d9e4f0
  9. e6edf5
  10. f2f6fa

Darker: #83a5cb mixed with black

  1. 83a5cb
  2. 718fb0
  3. 607996
  4. 4f657d
  5. 3f5165
  6. 2f3d4d
  7. 202b37
  8. 121a22
  9. 060a0f
  10. 010102

Calmer: #83a5cb with less saturation

  1. 83a5cb
  2. 86a5c7
  3. 89a5c3
  4. 8da4bf
  5. 90a4bb
  6. 93a4b7
  7. 96a3b2
  8. 99a3ae
  9. 9ca2aa
  10. 9fa2a6