#83BEC9#83BEC9

#83BEC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.063 H 210.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83BEC9
RGB	rgb(131, 190, 201)
HSL	hsl(189, 39%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(189, 35%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.8%, 5.5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.46, -16.25, -11.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.46, 19.97, 215.53°)
OKLab	oklab(76.5% -0.0541 -0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(76.5% 0.063 210.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.3125, 45.8670, 62.0814)
Luminance	0.4587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83BEC9 #C98E83

analogous

#83C9B1 #83BEC9 #839BC9

triadic

#83BEC9 #C983BE #BEC983

tetradic

#83BEC9 #B183C9 #C98E83 #9BC983

square

#83BEC9 #B183C9 #C98E83 #9BC983

split-complementary

#83BEC9 #C9839B #C9B183

monochromatic

#408592 #58A8B6 #83BEC9 #AED4DC #D8EBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#83BEC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#83BEC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83BEC9

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83BEC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83BEC9	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BACA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B1C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69C3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83bec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 190, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.063 210.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9d1d9',
    500: '#83bec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83bec9;
$custom-light: #a9d1d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83bec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.429,
    "s": 39.326,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76495,
    "c": 0.0627,
    "h": 210.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83BEC9

secondary

#E0CCC8

accent

#4733B2

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FA

border

#CED2D3

text

#101414

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #83BEC9

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

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