#83C8CD#83C8CD

#83C8CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.070 H 201.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83C8CD
RGB	rgb(131, 200, 205)
HSL	hsl(184, 43%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(184, 36%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 2.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.40, -20.39, -9.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.40, 22.44, 204.72°)
OKLab	oklab(78.88% -0.0648 -0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(78.88% 0.07 201.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.0299, 50.5390, 65.3388)
Luminance	0.5054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83C8CD #CD8883

analogous

#83CDAD #83C8CD #83A3CD

triadic

#83C8CD #CD83C8 #C8CD83

tetradic

#83C8CD #AD83CD #CD8883 #A3CD83

square

#83C8CD #AD83CD #CD8883 #A3CD83

split-complementary

#83C8CD #CD83A3 #CDAD83

monochromatic

#3D9298 #57B5BB #83C8CD #AFDBDF #DAEFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#83C8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#83C8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83C8CD

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83C8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83C8CD	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B8CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65CDC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83c8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 200, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.070 201.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aad8dc',
    500: '#83c8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83c8cd;
$custom-light: #aad8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83c8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.054,
    "s": 42.529,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7888,
    "c": 0.06976,
    "h": 201.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83C8CD

secondary

#9E5B56

accent

#3930B6

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#101415

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #83C8CD

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

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