#83BCAF#83BCAF

#83BCAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.062 H 178.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83BCAF
RGB	rgb(131, 188, 175)
HSL	hsl(166, 30%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(166, 30%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 0%, 6.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.15, -21.31, 0.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.15, 21.32, 178.25°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% -0.0622 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.062 178.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.0786, 43.8851, 47.1715)
Luminance	0.4389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83BCAF #BC8390

analogous

#83BC93 #83BCAF #83ACBC

triadic

#83BCAF #AF83BC #BCAF83

tetradic

#83BCAF #9383BC #BC8390 #ACBC83

square

#83BCAF #9383BC #BC8390 #ACBC83

split-complementary

#83BCAF #BC83AC #BC9383

monochromatic

#458072 #5BA795 #83BCAF #ABD1C9 #D2E7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#83BCAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#83BCAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83BCAF

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83BCAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83BCAF	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B5AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAEB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72BEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83bcaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 188, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.062 178.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83bcaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.316,
    "s": 29.843,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75206,
    "c": 0.06227,
    "h": 178.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83BCAF

secondary

#D8C3C8

accent

#3D56A9

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#101413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #83BCAF

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

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