#83CDC5#83CDC5

#83CDC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.075 H 187.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83CDC5
RGB	rgb(131, 205, 197)
HSL	hsl(174, 43%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(174, 36%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 0%, 3.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.59, -24.79, -3.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.59, 25.01, 187.61°)
OKLab	oklab(79.76% -0.0742 -0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(79.76% 0.075 187.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.2658, 52.5165, 60.7747)
Luminance	0.5252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83CDC5 #CD838B

analogous

#83CDA0 #83CDC5 #83B0CD

triadic

#83CDC5 #C583CD #CDC583

tetradic

#83CDC5 #A083CD #CD838B #B0CD83

square

#83CDC5 #A083CD #CD838B #B0CD83

split-complementary

#83CDC5 #CD83B0 #CDA083

monochromatic

#3D988E #57BBB1 #83CDC5 #AFDFD9 #DAF0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#83CDC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#83CDC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83CDC5

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83CDC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83CDC5	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C5C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BCC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68D0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83cdc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 205, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.075 187.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aadcd6',
    500: '#83cdc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83cdc5;
$custom-light: #aadcd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83cdc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.514,
    "s": 42.529,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79758,
    "c": 0.07483,
    "h": 187.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83CDC5

secondary

#9E565E

accent

#303EB6

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#101514

muted

#818483

Preview Lab

Preview with #83CDC5

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

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