#83BDBA#83BDBA

#83BDBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.060 H 191.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83BDBA
RGB	rgb(131, 189, 186)
HSL	hsl(177, 31%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(177, 31%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 0%, 1.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.74, -19.33, -4.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.74, 19.84, 193.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% -0.0589 -0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.06 191.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.4176, 44.7637, 53.1662)
Luminance	0.4477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83BDBA #BD8386

analogous

#83BD9D #83BDBA #83A3BD

triadic

#83BDBA #BA83BD #BDBA83

tetradic

#83BDBA #9D83BD #BD8386 #A3BD83

square

#83BDBA #9D83BD #BD8386 #A3BD83

split-complementary

#83BDBA #BD83A3 #BD9D83

monochromatic

#45817E #5BA8A4 #83BDBA #ABD2D0 #D3E8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#83BDBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#83BDBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83BDBA

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83BDBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83BDBA	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B7BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAFBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FC0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83bdba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 189, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.060 191.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9d1ce',
    500: '#83bdba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83bdba;
$custom-light: #a9d1ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83bdba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.897,
    "s": 30.526,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75772,
    "c": 0.06018,
    "h": 191.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83BDBA

secondary

#D8C3C4

accent

#3C42A9

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#101413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #83BDBA

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

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