#83CBB5#83CBB5

#83CBB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.079 H 172.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83CBB5
RGB	rgb(131, 203, 181)
HSL	hsl(162, 41%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(162, 35%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 0%, 10.8%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.60, -27.43, 3.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.60, 27.70, 171.99°)
OKLab	oklab(78.83% -0.0786 0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(78.83% 0.079 172.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.0535, 50.8710, 51.4683)
Luminance	0.5087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83CBB5 #CB8399

analogous

#83CB91 #83CBB5 #83BDCB

triadic

#83CBB5 #B583CB #CBB583

tetradic

#83CBB5 #9183CB #CB8399 #BDCB83

square

#83CBB5 #9183CB #CB8399 #BDCB83

split-complementary

#83CBB5 #CB83BD #CB9183

monochromatic

#3F957B #58B99B #83CBB5 #AEDDCF #D9EFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#83CBB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#83CBB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83CBB5

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83CBB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83CBB5	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C2B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB9B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6ECCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83cbb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 203, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.079 172.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9dbcb',
    500: '#83cbb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83cbb5;
$custom-light: #a9dbcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83cbb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.667,
    "s": 40.909,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78826,
    "c": 0.07922,
    "h": 172.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83CBB5

secondary

#9C566C

accent

#3259B4

background

#FDFEFD

surface

#F7FBF9

border

#D0D4D2

text

#101513

muted

#818482

Preview Lab

Preview with #83CBB5

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

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