#53797B#53797B

#53797B is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.043 H 200.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53797B
RGB	rgb(83, 121, 123)
HSL	hsl(183, 19%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(183, 33%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 1.6%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.19, -12.75, -5.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.19, 13.84, 202.86°)
OKLab	oklab(54.85% -0.0402 -0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(54.85% 0.043 200.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.9786, 16.9430, 21.2688)
Luminance	0.1694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53797B #7B5553

analogous

#537B69 #53797B #53657B

triadic

#53797B #7B5379 #797B53

tetradic

#53797B #69537B #7B5553 #657B53

square

#53797B #69537B #7B5553 #657B53

split-complementary

#53797B #7B5365 #7B6953

monochromatic

#223132 #3A5556 #53797B #6E9B9D #93B4B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#53797B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#53797B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53797B

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53797B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53797B	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#74767B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C707B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#447C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53797b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 121, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.043 200.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#859fa1',
    500: '#53797b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53797b;
$custom-light: #859fa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53797b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183,
    "s": 19.417,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54852,
    "c": 0.04277,
    "h": 200.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53797B

secondary

#A38886

accent

#706CBC

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F2

border

#CACCCC

text

#0B0E0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #53797B

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

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