#83BDC4#83BDC4

#83BDC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.061 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83BDC4
RGB	rgb(131, 189, 196)
HSL	hsl(186, 36%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(186, 33%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 3.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.03, -16.95, -9.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.03, 19.45, 209.33°)
OKLab	oklab(76.1% -0.0548 -0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(76.1% 0.061 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.5181, 45.2039, 58.9621)
Luminance	0.4521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83BDC4 #C48A83

analogous

#83C4AB #83BDC4 #839DC4

triadic

#83BDC4 #C483BD #BDC483

tetradic

#83BDC4 #AB83C4 #C48A83 #9DC483

square

#83BDC4 #AB83C4 #C48A83 #9DC483

split-complementary

#83BDC4 #C4839D #C4AB83

monochromatic

#42838B #5AA7B0 #83BDC4 #ACD3D8 #D6E9EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#83BDC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#83BDC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83BDC4

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83BDC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83BDC4	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B8C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B0C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BC2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83bdc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 189, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.061 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9d1d5',
    500: '#83bdc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83bdc4;
$custom-light: #a9d1d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83bdc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.462,
    "s": 35.519,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.761,
    "c": 0.06068,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83BDC4

secondary

#DDC9C6

accent

#4437AE

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FA

border

#CED2D3

text

#101414

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #83BDC4

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

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