#83CED9#83CED9

#83CED9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.076 H 207.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83CED9
RGB	rgb(131, 206, 217)
HSL	hsl(188, 53%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(188, 40%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 5.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.45, -20.45, -12.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.45, 24.12, 212.02°)
OKLab	oklab(80.64% -0.0673 -0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(80.64% 0.076 207.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.9512, 53.9746, 73.7343)
Luminance	0.5398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83CED9 #D98E83

analogous

#83D9B9 #83CED9 #83A3D9

triadic

#83CED9 #D983CE #CED983

tetradic

#83CED9 #B983D9 #D98E83 #A3D983

square

#83CED9 #B983D9 #D98E83 #A3D983

split-complementary

#83CED9 #D983A3 #D9B983

monochromatic

#359DAD #54BBCB #83CED9 #B2E1E7 #E1F3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#83CED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#83CED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #83CED9

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83CED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83CED9	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C8DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BDD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5FD4D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83ced9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 206, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.076 207.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abdde4',
    500: '#83ced9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83ced9;
$custom-light: #abdde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83ced9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.674,
    "s": 53.086,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80636,
    "c": 0.07591,
    "h": 207.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83CED9

secondary

#AF5D51

accent

#3925C1

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #83CED9

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

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