#83A9AE#83A9AE

#83A9AE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.042 H 206.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83A9AE
RGB	rgb(131, 169, 174)
HSL	hsl(187, 21%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(187, 25%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.7%, 2.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.72, -11.67, -6.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.72, 13.50, 210.20°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% -0.0376 -0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.042 206.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.1857, 36.2559, 45.3911)
Luminance	0.3626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83A9AE #AE8883

analogous

#83AE9E #83A9AE #8393AE

triadic

#83A9AE #AE83A9 #A9AE83

tetradic

#83A9AE #9E83AE #AE8883 #93AE83

square

#83A9AE #9E83AE #AE8883 #93AE83

split-complementary

#83A9AE #AE8393 #AE9E83

monochromatic

#486A6E #608E93 #83A9AE #A8C3C6 #CDDCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#83A9AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#83A9AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83A9AE

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83A9AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83A9AE	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A6AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA0AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75ACAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83a9ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 169, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.042 206.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8c2c6',
    500: '#83a9ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83a9ae;
$custom-light: #a8c2c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83a9ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.977,
    "s": 20.976,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70861,
    "c": 0.04187,
    "h": 206.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83A9AE

secondary

#CFC0BE

accent

#746ABE

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F7F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101213

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #83A9AE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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