#83BCBC#83BCBC

#83BCBC is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.059 H 196.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83BCBC
RGB	rgb(131, 188, 188)
HSL	hsl(180, 30%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(180, 30%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 0%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.51, -18.35, -5.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.51, 19.28, 197.90°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% -0.0568 -0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.059 196)
XYZ	xyz(36.4173, 44.4206, 54.2223)
Luminance	0.4442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83BCBC #BC8383

analogous

#83BC9F #83BCBC #839FBC

triadic

#83BCBC #BC83BC #BCBC83

tetradic

#83BCBC #9F83BC #BC8383 #9FBC83

square

#83BCBC #9F83BC #BC8383 #9FBC83

split-complementary

#83BCBC #BC839F #BC9F83

monochromatic

#458080 #5BA7A7 #83BCBC #ABD1D1 #D2E7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#83BCBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#83BCBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83BCBC

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83BCBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83BCBC	1.00	2.12	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B7BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAEBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6EC0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83bcbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 188, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.059 196.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9d0d0',
    500: '#83bcbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83bcbc;
$custom-light: #a9d0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83bcbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 29.843,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7561,
    "c": 0.05907,
    "h": 196
  },
  "luminance": 0.44423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83BCBC

secondary

#D8C3C3

accent

#3D3DA9

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#101414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #83BCBC

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

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