#83B8BE#83B8BE

#83B8BE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.056 H 204.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83B8BE
RGB	rgb(131, 184, 190)
HSL	hsl(186, 31%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(186, 31%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 3.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.43, -15.81, -8.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.43, 18.00, 208.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% -0.0508 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.056 204.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.7917, 42.8221, 55.0848)
Luminance	0.4282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83B8BE #BE8983

analogous

#83BEA6 #83B8BE #839ABE

triadic

#83B8BE #BE83B8 #B8BE83

tetradic

#83B8BE #A683BE #BE8983 #9ABE83

square

#83B8BE #A683BE #BE8983 #9ABE83

split-complementary

#83B8BE #BE839A #BEA683

monochromatic

#447C82 #5BA1A9 #83B8BE #ABCFD3 #D3E6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#83B8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#83B8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83B8BE

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83B8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83B8BE	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B4BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ACBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6EBCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83b8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 184, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.056 204.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9cdd1',
    500: '#83b8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83b8be;
$custom-light: #a9cdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83b8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.102,
    "s": 31.217,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74772,
    "c": 0.05604,
    "h": 204.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83B8BE

secondary

#D9C6C4

accent

#473CAA

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #83B8BE

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

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