#83BCAE#83BCAE

#83BCAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.063 H 177.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83BCAE
RGB	rgb(131, 188, 174)
HSL	hsl(165, 30%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(165, 30%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 0%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.13, -21.53, 1.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.13, 21.57, 176.92°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% -0.0627 0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.063 177.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.9807, 43.8459, 46.6561)
Luminance	0.4385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83BCAE #BC8391

analogous

#83BC91 #83BCAE #83AEBC

triadic

#83BCAE #AE83BC #BCAE83

tetradic

#83BCAE #9183BC #BC8391 #AEBC83

square

#83BCAE #9183BC #BC8391 #AEBC83

split-complementary

#83BCAE #BC83AE #BC9183

monochromatic

#458071 #5BA794 #83BCAE #ABD1C8 #D2E7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#83BCAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#83BCAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83BCAE

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83BCAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83BCAE	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B5AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAEAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73BEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83bcae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 188, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.063 177.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9d0c6',
    500: '#83bcae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83bcae;
$custom-light: #a9d0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83bcae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.263,
    "s": 29.843,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75176,
    "c": 0.06274,
    "h": 177.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83BCAE

secondary

#D8C3C8

accent

#3D57A9

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#101413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #83BCAE

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

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