#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
RGB	rgb(83, 121, 124)
HSL	hsl(184, 20%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(184, 33%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 2.4%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.22, -12.49, -5.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.22, 13.82, 205.36°)
OKLab	oklab(54.89% -0.0397 -0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(54.89% 0.043 202.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.0415, 16.9682, 21.6002)
Luminance	0.1697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##53797C	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)

#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

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

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