#83BCAD#83BCAD

#83BCAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.063 H 176.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83BCAD
RGB	rgb(131, 188, 173)
HSL	hsl(164, 30%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(164, 30%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 0%, 8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.10, -21.75, 1.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.10, 21.82, 175.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.15% -0.0631 0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(75.15% 0.063 176.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.8836, 43.8071, 46.1446)
Luminance	0.4381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83BCAD #BC8392

analogous

#83BC91 #83BCAD #83AEBC

triadic

#83BCAD #AD83BC #BCAD83

tetradic

#83BCAD #9183BC #BC8392 #AEBC83

square

#83BCAD #9183BC #BC8392 #AEBC83

split-complementary

#83BCAD #BC83AE #BC9183

monochromatic

#458070 #5BA793 #83BCAD #ABD1C7 #D2E7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#83BCAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#83BCAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83BCAD

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83BCAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83BCAD	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B5AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAEAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73BEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83bcad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 188, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.063 176.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8d0c5',
    500: '#83bcad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83bcad;
$custom-light: #a8d0c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83bcad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.211,
    "s": 29.843,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75147,
    "c": 0.06324,
    "h": 176.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83BCAD

secondary

#D8C3C8

accent

#3D59A9

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#101412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #83BCAD

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

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