#83C8CC#83C8CC

#83C8CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.070 H 200.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83C8CC
RGB	rgb(131, 200, 204)
HSL	hsl(183, 42%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(183, 36%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.37, -20.63, -8.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.37, 22.46, 203.31°)
OKLab	oklab(78.85% -0.0652 -0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(78.85% 0.07 200.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.9096, 50.4909, 64.7051)
Luminance	0.5049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83C8CC #CC8783

analogous

#83CCAB #83C8CC #83A3CC

triadic

#83C8CC #CC83C8 #C8CC83

tetradic

#83C8CC #AB83CC #CC8783 #A3CC83

square

#83C8CC #AB83CC #CC8783 #A3CC83

split-complementary

#83C8CC #CC83A3 #CCAB83

monochromatic

#3E9297 #58B5BA #83C8CC #AEDBDE #DAEEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#83C8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#83C8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83C8CC

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83C8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83C8CC	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC2CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B8CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66CDC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83c8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 200, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.070 200.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aad8db',
    500: '#83c8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83c8cc;
$custom-light: #aad8db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83c8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.288,
    "s": 41.714,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78847,
    "c": 0.06966,
    "h": 200.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83C8CC

secondary

#9D5A56

accent

#3831B5

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFB

border

#D0D4D4

text

#101415

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #83C8CC

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

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