#83BCBA#83BCBA

#83BCBA is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.059 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83BCBA
RGB	rgb(131, 188, 186)
HSL	hsl(178, 30%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(178, 30%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 0%, 1.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.45, -18.81, -4.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.45, 19.45, 194.65°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% -0.0576 -0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.059 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2032, 44.3349, 53.0947)
Luminance	0.4434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83BCBA #BC8385

analogous

#83BC9E #83BCBA #83A1BC

triadic

#83BCBA #BA83BC #BCBA83

tetradic

#83BCBA #9E83BC #BC8385 #A1BC83

square

#83BCBA #9E83BC #BC8385 #A1BC83

split-complementary

#83BCBA #BC83A1 #BC9E83

monochromatic

#45807E #5BA7A4 #83BCBA #ABD1D0 #D2E7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#83BCBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#83BCBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83BCBA

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83BCBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83BCBA	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B6BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAEBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FBFBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83bcba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 188, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.059 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9d0ce',
    500: '#83bcba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83bcba;
$custom-light: #a9d0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83bcba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.895,
    "s": 29.843,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75545,
    "c": 0.05918,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83BCBA

secondary

#D8C3C4

accent

#3D41A9

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#101413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #83BCBA

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

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