#83C5CD#83C5CD

#83C5CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.068 H 205.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83C5CD
RGB	rgb(131, 197, 205)
HSL	hsl(186, 43%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(186, 36%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 3.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.55, -18.86, -10.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.55, 21.66, 209.44°)
OKLab	oklab(78.21% -0.0612 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(78.21% 0.068 205.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.3419, 49.1630, 65.1094)
Luminance	0.4917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83C5CD #CD8B83

analogous

#83CDB0 #83C5CD #83A0CD

triadic

#83C5CD #CD83C5 #C5CD83

tetradic

#83C5CD #B083CD #CD8B83 #A0CD83

square

#83C5CD #B083CD #CD8B83 #A0CD83

split-complementary

#83C5CD #CD83A0 #CDB083

monochromatic

#3D8E98 #57B1BB #83C5CD #AFD9DF #DAEEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#83C5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#83C5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83C5CD

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83C5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83C5CD	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB6CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66CAC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83c5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 197, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.068 205.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aad6dc',
    500: '#83c5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83c5cd;
$custom-light: #aad6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83c5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.486,
    "s": 42.529,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78205,
    "c": 0.06776,
    "h": 205.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83C5CD

secondary

#E2CCCA

accent

#3E30B6

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F4FAFB

border

#CED3D4

text

#101415

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #83C5CD

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

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