#83BBAD#83BBAD

#83BBAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.062 H 177.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83BBAD
RGB	rgb(131, 187, 173)
HSL	hsl(165, 29%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(165, 30%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 0%, 7.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.81, -21.25, 1.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.81, 21.29, 176.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.92% -0.0618 0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(74.92% 0.062 177.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.6707, 43.3813, 46.0736)
Luminance	0.4338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83BBAD #BB8391

analogous

#83BB91 #83BBAD #83ADBB

triadic

#83BBAD #AD83BB #BBAD83

tetradic

#83BBAD #9183BB #BB8391 #ADBB83

square

#83BBAD #9183BB #BB8391 #ADBB83

split-complementary

#83BBAD #BB83AD #BB9183

monochromatic

#457E70 #5BA593 #83BBAD #ABD1C7 #D2E6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#83BBAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#83BBAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83BBAD

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83BBAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83BBAD	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B4AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADADAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73BDB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83bbad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 187, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.062 177.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8cfc5',
    500: '#83bbad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83bbad;
$custom-light: #a8cfc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83bbad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 29.167,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74917,
    "c": 0.06189,
    "h": 177.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83BBAD

secondary

#D7C3C8

accent

#3E58A8

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#101412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #83BBAD

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

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