#83BCAB#83BCAB

#83BCAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.064 H 173.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83BCAB
RGB	rgb(131, 188, 171)
HSL	hsl(162, 30%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(162, 30%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 0%, 9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.05, -22.19, 2.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.05, 22.35, 173.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75.09% -0.064 0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(75.09% 0.064 173.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.6915, 43.7302, 45.1330)
Luminance	0.4373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83BCAB #BC8394

analogous

#83BC8E #83BCAB #83B1BC

triadic

#83BCAB #AB83BC #BCAB83

tetradic

#83BCAB #8E83BC #BC8394 #B1BC83

square

#83BCAB #8E83BC #BC8394 #B1BC83

split-complementary

#83BCAB #BC83B1 #BC8E83

monochromatic

#45806E #5BA790 #83BCAB #ABD1C6 #D2E7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#83BCAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#83BCAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83BCAB

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83BCAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83BCAB	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B5AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAEAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74BDB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83bcab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 188, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.064 173.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8d0c4',
    500: '#83bcab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83bcab;
$custom-light: #a8d0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83bcab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.105,
    "s": 29.843,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75088,
    "c": 0.06433,
    "h": 173.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83BCAB

secondary

#D8C3C9

accent

#3D5DA9

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#101412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #83BCAB

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

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