#53697D#53697D

#53697D is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.041 H 246.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53697D
RGB	rgb(83, 105, 125)
HSL	hsl(209, 20%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(209, 34%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 16%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.39, -2.96, -13.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.39, 14.09, 257.85°)
OKLab	oklab(51.07% -0.0167 -0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(51.07% 0.041 246.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.3194, 13.4223, 21.3397)
Luminance	0.1342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53697D #7D6753

analogous

#537D7C #53697D #53547D

triadic

#53697D #7D5369 #697D53

tetradic

#53697D #7C537D #7D6753 #547D53

square

#53697D #7C537D #7D6753 #547D53

split-complementary

#53697D #7D5354 #7D7C53

monochromatic

#222B33 #3B4A58 #53697D #6E889F #93A6B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.70

#53697D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#53697D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53697D

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53697D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53697D	1.00	5.70	3.68	5.70
#FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#61697E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C657D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#466E6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53697d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 105, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.041 246.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8493a2',
    500: '#53697d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53697d;
$custom-light: #8493a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53697d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.571,
    "s": 20.192,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51072,
    "c": 0.04136,
    "h": 246.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53697D

secondary

#A59587

accent

#926BBD

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF1F3

border

#CACBCD

text

#0B0D0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53697D

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

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