#83BCAC#83BCAC

#83BCAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.064 H 175.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83BCAC
RGB	rgb(131, 188, 172)
HSL	hsl(163, 30%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(163, 30%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 0%, 8.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.07, -21.97, 2.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.07, 22.08, 174.34°)
OKLab	oklab(75.12% -0.0635 0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(75.12% 0.064 175.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.7872, 43.7685, 45.6369)
Luminance	0.4377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83BCAC #BC8393

analogous

#83BC90 #83BCAC #83AFBC

triadic

#83BCAC #AC83BC #BCAC83

tetradic

#83BCAC #9083BC #BC8393 #AFBC83

square

#83BCAC #9083BC #BC8393 #AFBC83

split-complementary

#83BCAC #BC83AF #BC9083

monochromatic

#45806F #5BA791 #83BCAC #ABD1C7 #D2E7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#83BCAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#83BCAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83BCAC

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83BCAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83BCAC	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)

#B8B5AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAEAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73BDB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83bcac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 188, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.064 175.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83bcac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.158,
    "s": 29.843,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75117,
    "c": 0.06377,
    "h": 175.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83BCAC

secondary

#D8C3C9

accent

#3D5BA9

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#101412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #83BCAC

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

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