#53979A#53979A

#53979A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.069 H 199.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53979A
RGB	rgb(83, 151, 154)
HSL	hsl(183, 30%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(183, 46%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.1%, 1.9%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.32, -20.68, -8.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.32, 22.28, 201.84°)
OKLab	oklab(63.29% -0.0653 -0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(63.29% 0.069 199.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.4644, 26.3037, 34.5643)
Luminance	0.2631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53979A #9A5653

analogous

#539A7A #53979A #53749A

triadic

#53979A #9A5397 #979A53

tetradic

#53979A #7A539A #9A5653 #749A53

square

#53979A #7A539A #9A5653 #749A53

split-complementary

#53979A #9A5374 #9A7A53

monochromatic

#28494A #3E7072 #53979A #75B2B5 #9DC8CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#53979A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#53979A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #53979A

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53979A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53979A	1.00	3.35	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F929A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82889A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E9B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53979a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 151, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.069 199.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b5b7',
    500: '#53979a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53979a;
$custom-light: #88b5b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53979a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.535,
    "s": 29.958,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6329,
    "c": 0.06919,
    "h": 199.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53979A

secondary

#B79391

accent

#6662C6

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #53979A

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

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