#53979D#53979D

#53979D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.070 H 203.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53979D
RGB	rgb(83, 151, 157)
HSL	hsl(185, 31%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(185, 47%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 3.8%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.42, -19.86, -9.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.42, 22.17, 206.39°)
OKLab	oklab(63.4% -0.064 -0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(63.4% 0.07 203)
XYZ	xyz(20.7173, 26.4048, 35.8967)
Luminance	0.2641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53979D #9D5953

analogous

#539D7E #53979D #53729D

triadic

#53979D #9D5397 #979D53

tetradic

#53979D #7E539D #9D5953 #729D53

square

#53979D #7E539D #9D5953 #729D53

split-complementary

#53979D #9D5372 #9D7E53

monochromatic

#294A4D #3E7075 #53979D #76B2B7 #9EC8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#53979D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#53979D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #53979D

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53979D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53979D	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E929D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81899D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B9C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53979d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 151, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.070 203.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b5b9',
    500: '#53979d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53979d;
$custom-light: #89b5b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53979d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.865,
    "s": 30.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63398,
    "c": 0.06954,
    "h": 203
  },
  "luminance": 0.26407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53979D

secondary

#B99693

accent

#6961C7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #53979D

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

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