#83C5CC#83C5CC

#83C5CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.068 H 204.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83C5CC
RGB	rgb(131, 197, 204)
HSL	hsl(186, 42%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(186, 36%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 3.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.52, -19.11, -10.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.52, 21.64, 207.98°)
OKLab	oklab(78.17% -0.0616 -0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(78.17% 0.068 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.2216, 49.1149, 64.4757)
Luminance	0.4912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83C5CC #CC8A83

analogous

#83CCAE #83C5CC #83A0CC

triadic

#83C5CC #CC83C5 #C5CC83

tetradic

#83C5CC #AE83CC #CC8A83 #A0CC83

square

#83C5CC #AE83CC #CC8A83 #A0CC83

split-complementary

#83C5CC #CC83A0 #CCAE83

monochromatic

#3E8E97 #58B1BA #83C5CC #AED9DE #DAEEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#83C5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#83C5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83C5CC

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83C5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83C5CC	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC0CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB6CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66CAC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83c5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 197, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.068 204.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aad6db',
    500: '#83c5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83c5cc;
$custom-light: #aad6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83c5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.753,
    "s": 41.714,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78171,
    "c": 0.06755,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83C5CC

secondary

#E2CCC9

accent

#3D31B5

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F4FAFB

border

#CED3D4

text

#101415

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #83C5CC

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

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