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#83aace color: Cotton Wool Blue

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209°
100%

OKLCH

72.3%
0.068
247°
  • ≈ Dark gray
  • Sky blue
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Dusty
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 19%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.44:1 · Below AALc -53
Black text8.61:1 · AALc 56

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About #83aace

#83aace is a dusty light sky blue color. In OKLCH it has 72.3% lightness, 0.068 chroma and a hue of 247°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.44:1 contrast and black text 8.61:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Cotton Wool Blue (#83abd2). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is slate-400.

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Lighter: #83aace mixed with white

  1. 83aace
  2. 8fb2d3
  3. 9bbbd8
  4. a8c3dd
  5. b4cce2
  6. c0d4e7
  7. cdddec
  8. d9e5f1
  9. e6eef5
  10. f2f6fa

Darker: #83aace mixed with black

  1. 83aace
  2. 7193b3
  3. 607d98
  4. 4f687f
  5. 3f5366
  6. 2f3f4e
  7. 202d38
  8. 121b23
  9. 060b0f
  10. 010102

Calmer: #83aace with less saturation

  1. 83aace
  2. 87aaca
  3. 8aa9c6
  4. 8ea9c2
  5. 91a8be
  6. 95a8ba
  7. 98a7b6
  8. 9ca7b2
  9. 9fa6ae
  10. a2a6a9