#83C8CB#83C8CB

#83C8CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.070 H 199.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83C8CB
RGB	rgb(131, 200, 203)
HSL	hsl(183, 41%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(183, 35%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 1.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.34, -20.87, -8.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.34, 22.50, 201.90°)
OKLab	oklab(78.81% -0.0656 -0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(78.81% 0.07 199.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.7900, 50.4430, 64.0754)
Luminance	0.5045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83C8CB #CB8683

analogous

#83CBAA #83C8CB #83A4CB

triadic

#83C8CB #CB83C8 #C8CB83

tetradic

#83C8CB #AA83CB #CB8683 #A4CB83

square

#83C8CB #AA83CB #CB8683 #A4CB83

split-complementary

#83C8CB #CB83A4 #CBAA83

monochromatic

#3F9195 #58B5B9 #83C8CB #AEDBDD #D9EEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#83C8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#83C8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83C8CB

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83C8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83C8CB	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC2CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B8CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66CDC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83c8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 200, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.070 199.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aad9da',
    500: '#83c8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83c8cb;
$custom-light: #aad9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83c8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.5,
    "s": 40.909,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78814,
    "c": 0.06957,
    "h": 199.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83C8CB

secondary

#9C5956

accent

#3732B4

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFB

border

#D0D4D4

text

#101414

muted

#818383

Preview Lab

Preview with #83C8CB

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

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