#53797C#53797C

#53797C is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.043 H 202.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#53797C
RGBrgb(83, 121, 124)
HSLhsl(184, 20%, 41%)
HSVhsv(184, 33%, 49%)
CMYKcmyk(33.1%, 2.4%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LABlab(48.22, -12.49, -5.92)
CIE-LCHlch(48.22, 13.82, 205.36°)
OKLaboklab(54.89% -0.0397 -0.0162)
OKLCHoklch(54.89% 0.043 202.2)
XYZxyz(14.0415, 16.9682, 21.6002)
Luminance0.1697 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#53797C #7C5653
analogous
#537C6A #53797C #53647C
triadic
#53797C #7C5379 #797C53
tetradic
#53797C #6A537C #7C5653 #647C53
square
#53797C #6A537C #7C5653 #647C53
split-complementary
#53797C #7C5364 #7C6A53
monochromatic
#223133 #3A5557 #53797C #6E9B9E #93B4B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78
#53797C on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39
#53797C on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53797C
4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##53797C#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##53797C1.004.784.394.78
#FFFFFF4.781.0021.001.00
#0000004.3921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.781.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#74767C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6C707C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#447C7A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #53797c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 121, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.043 202.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#859fa1',
    500: '#53797c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #53797c;
$custom-light: #859fa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#53797c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.39,
    "s": 19.807,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54888,
    "c": 0.0429,
    "h": 202.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#53797C
secondary
#A48987
accent
#716BBC
background
#F8F9F9
surface
#EFF2F2
border
#CACCCC
text
#0B0E0F
muted
#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #53797C

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#53797C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva