#53797A#53797A

#53797A is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.043 H 198.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53797A
RGB	rgb(83, 121, 122)
HSL	hsl(182, 19%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(182, 32%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 0.8%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.16, -13.01, -4.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.16, 13.87, 200.37°)
OKLab	oklab(54.82% -0.0406 -0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(54.82% 0.043 198)
XYZ	xyz(13.9163, 16.9181, 20.9408)
Luminance	0.1692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53797A #7A5453

analogous

#537A67 #53797A #53667A

triadic

#53797A #7A5379 #797A53

tetradic

#53797A #67537A #7A5453 #667A53

square

#53797A #67537A #7A5453 #667A53

split-complementary

#53797A #7A5366 #7A6753

monochromatic

#213131 #3A5556 #53797A #6E9B9C #92B4B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#53797A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#53797A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53797A

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53797A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53797A	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#74767A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D707A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#457C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53797a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 121, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.043 198.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#859fa0',
    500: '#53797a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53797a;
$custom-light: #859fa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53797a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.538,
    "s": 19.024,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54816,
    "c": 0.0427,
    "h": 198
  },
  "luminance": 0.16919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53797A

secondary

#A38786

accent

#6E6CBC

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F2

border

#CACCCC

text

#0B0E0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #53797A

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

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