#83BCB2#83BCB2

#83BCB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.061 H 182.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83BCB2
RGB	rgb(131, 188, 178)
HSL	hsl(169, 30%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(169, 30%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 0%, 5.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.23, -20.64, -0.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.23, 20.66, 182.42°)
OKLab	oklab(75.3% -0.061 -0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(75.3% 0.061 182.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.3765, 44.0042, 48.7405)
Luminance	0.4401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83BCB2 #BC838D

analogous

#83BC96 #83BCB2 #83A9BC

triadic

#83BCB2 #B283BC #BCB283

tetradic

#83BCB2 #9683BC #BC838D #A9BC83

square

#83BCB2 #9683BC #BC838D #A9BC83

split-complementary

#83BCB2 #BC83A9 #BC9683

monochromatic

#458075 #5BA799 #83BCB2 #ABD1CB #D2E7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#83BCB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#83BCB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83BCB2

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83BCB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83BCB2	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B6B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACAEB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83bcb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 188, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.061 182.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9d0c9',
    500: '#83bcb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83bcb2;
$custom-light: #a9d0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83bcb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.474,
    "s": 29.843,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75296,
    "c": 0.06103,
    "h": 182.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83BCB2

secondary

#D8C3C7

accent

#3D50A9

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#101413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #83BCB2

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

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