#83BEC5#83BEC5

#83BEC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.062 H 205.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83BEC5
RGB	rgb(131, 190, 197)
HSL	hsl(186, 36%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(186, 34%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 3.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.34, -17.23, -9.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.34, 19.72, 209.14°)
OKLab	oklab(76.36% -0.0557 -0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(76.36% 0.062 205.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.8481, 45.6812, 59.6355)
Luminance	0.4568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83BEC5 #C58A83

analogous

#83C5AB #83BEC5 #839DC5

triadic

#83BEC5 #C583BE #BEC583

tetradic

#83BEC5 #AB83C5 #C58A83 #9DC583

square

#83BEC5 #AB83C5 #C58A83 #9DC583

split-complementary

#83BEC5 #C5839D #C5AB83

monochromatic

#42848C #59A8B1 #83BEC5 #ADD4D9 #D6EAEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#83BEC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#83BEC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83BEC5

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83BEC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83BEC5	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B9C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B0C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BC3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83bec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 190, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.062 205.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9d1d6',
    500: '#83bec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83bec5;
$custom-light: #a9d1d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83bec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.364,
    "s": 36.264,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76359,
    "c": 0.06156,
    "h": 205.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83BEC5

secondary

#DDC9C6

accent

#4336AF

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FA

border

#CED2D3

text

#101414

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #83BEC5

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

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