#83BCBD#83BCBD

#83BCBD is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.059 H 197.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83BCBD
RGB	rgb(131, 188, 189)
HSL	hsl(181, 31%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(181, 31%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.54, -18.11, -6.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.54, 19.22, 199.54°)
OKLab	oklab(75.64% -0.0564 -0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(75.64% 0.059 197.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.5255, 44.4638, 54.7920)
Luminance	0.4447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83BCBD #BD8483

analogous

#83BDA1 #83BCBD #839FBD

triadic

#83BCBD #BD83BC #BCBD83

tetradic

#83BCBD #A183BD #BD8483 #9FBD83

square

#83BCBD #A183BD #BD8483 #9FBD83

split-complementary

#83BCBD #BD839F #BDA183

monochromatic

#458081 #5BA6A8 #83BCBD #ABD2D2 #D3E7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#83BCBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#83BCBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83BCBD

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83BCBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83BCBD	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B7BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAEBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6EC0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83bcbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 188, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.059 197.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83bcbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.034,
    "s": 30.526,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75642,
    "c": 0.05907,
    "h": 197.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83BCBD

secondary

#D8C4C3

accent

#3E3CA9

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#101414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #83BCBD

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

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