#53897B#53897B

#53897B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.062 H 175.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53897B
RGB	rgb(83, 137, 123)
HSL	hsl(164, 25%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(164, 39%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 0%, 10.2%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.12, -21.37, 1.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.12, 21.45, 175.00°)
OKLab	oklab(58.81% -0.0616 0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(58.81% 0.062 175.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.0867, 21.1593, 21.9715)
Luminance	0.2116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53897B #895361

analogous

#538960 #53897B #537C89

triadic

#53897B #7B5389 #897B53

tetradic

#53897B #605389 #895361 #7C8953

square

#53897B #605389 #895361 #7C8953

split-complementary

#53897B #89537C #896053

monochromatic

#253D37 #3C6359 #53897B #71A99A #97C0B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#53897B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#53897B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #53897B

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53897B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53897B	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85837A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7C7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#428A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53897b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 137, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.062 175.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aba1',
    500: '#53897b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53897b;
$custom-light: #86aba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53897b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.444,
    "s": 24.545,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58807,
    "c": 0.06182,
    "h": 175.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53897B

secondary

#AD8B94

accent

#677EC1

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #53897B

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

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