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#83BCAD

#83bcad ≈ Medium Aquamarine

  • teal
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Balanced
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#83bcad is a color from the teal family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 51.37% red, 73.73% green and 67.84% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 30.32% cyan, 0% magenta, 7.98% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 164.21°, with 29.84% saturation and 62.55% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.76:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Aquamarine (#66cdaa), ΔE 8.35.

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Web safe#99cc99
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Relative luminance0.4381

Complementary

  1. #83bcad
  2. #bc8392

Split complementary

  1. #83bcad
  2. #bc83af
  3. #bc9183

Analogous

  1. #83bc91
  2. #83bcad
  3. #83afbc

Triadic

  1. #83bcad
  2. #ad83bc
  3. #bcad83

Tetradic

  1. #83bcad
  2. #8392bc
  3. #bc8392
  4. #bcad83

Square

  1. #83bcad
  2. #9183bc
  3. #bc8392
  4. #afbc83

Monochromatic

  1. #3a6c5f
  2. #559d8a
  3. #83bcad
  4. #b5d7ce
  5. #e6f2ef

Shades

#83bcad mixed progressively with black.

  1. #83bcad
  2. #76a99c
  3. #69968a
  4. #5c8479
  5. #4f7168
  6. #425e57
  7. #344b45
  8. #273834
  9. #1a2623
  10. #0d1311
  11. #000000

Tints

#83bcad mixed progressively with white.

  1. #83bcad
  2. #8fc3b5
  3. #9cc9bd
  4. #a8d0c6
  5. #b5d7ce
  6. #c1ded6
  7. #cde4de
  8. #daebe6
  9. #e6f2ef
  10. #f3f8f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#83bcad mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #83bcad
  2. #83b6a9
  3. #82b0a4
  4. #82aaa0
  5. #82a49b
  6. #829e97
  7. #819892
  8. #81928e
  9. #818c89
  10. #808685
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.15:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a0b5af ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b8b5ac ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aeaeae ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #73beb7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a5b8ad ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9eb4ae ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7abdb3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-83bcad {
  color: #83bcad;
}
Background
.bg-83bcad {
  background-color: #83bcad;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-83bcad {
  border: 2px solid #83bcad;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #83bcad;
  --color-primary-rgb: 131 188 173;
  --color-primary-hsl: 164 30% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-83bcad {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #83bcad, #83afbc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-83bcad {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(131 188 173 / 0.35);
}

#66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 8.35 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 8.49 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 8.52 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 9.88 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 9.89 #8fbc8f Dark Sea Green ΔE 10.11 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 10.13 #7c4352 Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Medium Aquamarine
#83bcad  rgb(131, 188, 173)  hsl(164, 30%, 63%)  Medium Aquamarine
#bc8392  rgb(188, 131, 146)  hsl(344, 30%, 63%)  Puce
#ad83bc  rgb(173, 131, 188)  hsl(284, 30%, 63%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#bcad83  rgb(188, 173, 131)  hsl(44, 30%, 63%)  Ecru