#83C8BD#83C8BD

#83C8BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.072 H 183.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83C8BD
RGB	rgb(131, 200, 189)
HSL	hsl(170, 39%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(170, 35%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 0%, 5.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.95, -24.17, -1.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.95, 24.21, 183.32°)
OKLab	oklab(78.37% -0.0715 -0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(78.37% 0.072 183.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.1964, 49.8056, 55.6823)
Luminance	0.4981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83C8BD #C8838E

analogous

#83C89B #83C8BD #83B0C8

triadic

#83C8BD #BD83C8 #C8BD83

tetradic

#83C8BD #9B83C8 #C8838E #B0C883

square

#83C8BD #9B83C8 #C8838E #B0C883

split-complementary

#83C8BD #C883B0 #C89B83

monochromatic

#409184 #59B5A6 #83C8BD #ADDBD4 #D8EEEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#83C8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#83C8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83C8BD

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83C8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83C8BD	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C1BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B7BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CCBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83c8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 200, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.072 183.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9d9d0',
    500: '#83c8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83c8bd;
$custom-light: #a9d9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83c8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.435,
    "s": 38.547,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78372,
    "c": 0.07159,
    "h": 183.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83C8BD

secondary

#DFC8CB

accent

#3448B2

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F4FAF9

border

#CED3D2

text

#101414

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #83C8BD

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

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