#83BCBE#83BCBE

#83BCBE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.059 H 198.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83BCBE
RGB	rgb(131, 188, 190)
HSL	hsl(182, 31%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(182, 31%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.57, -17.88, -6.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.57, 19.17, 201.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.68% -0.056 -0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(75.68% 0.059 198.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.6344, 44.5074, 55.3657)
Luminance	0.4451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83BCBE #BE8583

analogous

#83BEA2 #83BCBE #839EBE

triadic

#83BCBE #BE83BC #BCBE83

tetradic

#83BCBE #A283BE #BE8583 #9EBE83

square

#83BCBE #A283BE #BE8583 #9EBE83

split-complementary

#83BCBE #BE839E #BEA283

monochromatic

#448082 #5BA6A9 #83BCBE #ABD2D3 #D3E7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#83BCBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#83BCBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83BCBE

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83BCBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83BCBE	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B7BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AFBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DC0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83bcbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 188, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.059 198.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9d0d1',
    500: '#83bcbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83bcbe;
$custom-light: #a9d0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83bcbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.034,
    "s": 31.217,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75675,
    "c": 0.05909,
    "h": 198.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83BCBE

secondary

#D9C4C4

accent

#3F3CAA

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#101414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #83BCBE

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

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