#83CED5#83CED5

#83CED5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.075 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83CED5
RGB	rgb(131, 206, 213)
HSL	hsl(185, 49%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(185, 38%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 3.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.33, -21.45, -10.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.33, 24.02, 206.77°)
OKLab	oklab(80.5% -0.0689 -0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(80.5% 0.075 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.4373, 53.7690, 71.0274)
Luminance	0.5377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83CED5 #D58A83

analogous

#83D5B3 #83CED5 #83A5D5

triadic

#83CED5 #D583CE #CED583

tetradic

#83CED5 #B383D5 #D58A83 #A5D583

square

#83CED5 #B383D5 #D58A83 #A5D583

split-complementary

#83CED5 #D583A5 #D5B383

monochromatic

#389CA6 #55BCC6 #83CED5 #B1E0E4 #DEF2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#83CED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#83CED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83CED5

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83CED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83CED5	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C8D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BDD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61D4D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83ced5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 206, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.075 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abdde1',
    500: '#83ced5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83ced5;
$custom-light: #abdde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83ced5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.122,
    "s": 49.398,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.805,
    "c": 0.07502,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83CED5

secondary

#AA5A52

accent

#3529BD

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #83CED5

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

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