#83BDA9#83BDA9

#83BDA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.067 H 170.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83BDA9
RGB	rgb(131, 189, 169)
HSL	hsl(159, 31%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(159, 31%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 0%, 10.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.28, -23.12, 4.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.28, 23.49, 169.90°)
OKLab	oklab(75.26% -0.0661 0.0105)
OKLCH	oklch(75.26% 0.067 170.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.7167, 44.0833, 44.2081)
Luminance	0.4409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83BDA9 #BD8397

analogous

#83BD8C #83BDA9 #83B4BD

triadic

#83BDA9 #A983BD #BDA983

tetradic

#83BDA9 #8C83BD #BD8397 #B4BD83

square

#83BDA9 #8C83BD #BD8397 #B4BD83

split-complementary

#83BDA9 #BD83B4 #BD8C83

monochromatic

#45816C #5BA88D #83BDA9 #ABD2C5 #D3E8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#83BDA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#83BDA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83BDA9

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83BDA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83BDA9	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)

#BAB6A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAEAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74BEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83bda9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 189, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.067 170.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8d1c2',
    500: '#83bda9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83bda9;
$custom-light: #a8d1c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83bda9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.31,
    "s": 30.526,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75261,
    "c": 0.06696,
    "h": 170.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83BDA9

secondary

#D8C3CB

accent

#3C62A9

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F4F9F7

border

#CED2D0

text

#101412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #83BDA9

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

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