#83BCB4#83BCB4

#83BCB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.060 H 185.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83BCB4
RGB	rgb(131, 188, 180)
HSL	hsl(172, 30%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(172, 30%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 0%, 4.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.29, -20.19, -1.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.29, 20.28, 185.33°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% -0.0601 -0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.06 185.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.5787, 44.0851, 49.8057)
Luminance	0.4409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83BCB4 #BC838B

analogous

#83BC97 #83BCB4 #83A7BC

triadic

#83BCB4 #B483BC #BCB483

tetradic

#83BCB4 #9783BC #BC838B #A7BC83

square

#83BCB4 #9783BC #BC838B #A7BC83

split-complementary

#83BCB4 #BC83A7 #BC9783

monochromatic

#458077 #5BA79C #83BCB4 #ABD1CC #D2E7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#83BCB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#83BCB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83BCB4

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83BCB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83BCB4	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B6B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACAEB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83bcb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 188, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.060 185.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9d0ca',
    500: '#83bcb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83bcb4;
$custom-light: #a9d0ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83bcb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.579,
    "s": 29.843,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75357,
    "c": 0.06037,
    "h": 185.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83BCB4

secondary

#D8C3C6

accent

#3D4CA9

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#101413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #83BCB4

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

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