#53979B#53979B

#53979B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.069 H 200.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53979B
RGB	rgb(83, 151, 155)
HSL	hsl(183, 30%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(183, 46%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 2.6%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.36, -20.41, -8.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.36, 22.23, 203.35°)
OKLab	oklab(63.33% -0.0649 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(63.33% 0.069 200.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.5480, 26.3371, 35.0047)
Luminance	0.2634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53979B #9B5753

analogous

#539B7B #53979B #53739B

triadic

#53979B #9B5397 #979B53

tetradic

#53979B #7B539B #9B5753 #739B53

square

#53979B #7B539B #9B5753 #739B53

split-complementary

#53979B #9B5373 #9B7B53

monochromatic

#28494B #3E7073 #53979B #76B2B5 #9EC8CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#53979B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#53979B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #53979B

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53979B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53979B	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E929B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82889B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D9B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53979b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 151, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.069 200.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b5b8',
    500: '#53979b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53979b;
$custom-light: #88b5b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53979b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.333,
    "s": 30.252,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63326,
    "c": 0.06928,
    "h": 200.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53979B

secondary

#B89492

accent

#6761C6

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #53979B

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

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