#83C5CE#83C5CE

#83C5CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.068 H 206.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83C5CE
RGB	rgb(131, 197, 206)
HSL	hsl(187, 43%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(187, 36%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 4.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.58, -18.62, -11.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.58, 21.70, 210.90°)
OKLab	oklab(78.24% -0.0608 -0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(78.24% 0.068 206.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.4630, 49.2115, 65.7472)
Luminance	0.4921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83C5CE #CE8C83

analogous

#83CEB1 #83C5CE #839FCE

triadic

#83C5CE #CE83C5 #C5CE83

tetradic

#83C5CE #B183CE #CE8C83 #9FCE83

square

#83C5CE #B183CE #CE8C83 #9FCE83

split-complementary

#83C5CE #CE839F #CEB183

monochromatic

#3D8F9A #57B0BD #83C5CE #AFDADF #DBEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#83C5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#83C5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83C5CE

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83C5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83C5CE	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB6CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66CAC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83c5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 197, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.068 206.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aad6dd',
    500: '#83c5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83c5ce;
$custom-light: #aad6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83c5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.2,
    "s": 43.353,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78238,
    "c": 0.068,
    "h": 206.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83C5CE

secondary

#E3CDCA

accent

#3F2FB6

background

#FAFDFD

surface

#F4FAFB

border

#CED3D4

text

#101415

muted

#7F8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #83C5CE

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

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