#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
RGBrgb(83, 151, 157)
HSLhsl(185, 31%, 47%)
HSVhsv(185, 47%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(47.1%, 3.8%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LABlab(58.42, -19.86, -9.85)
CIE-LCHlch(58.42, 22.17, 206.39°)
OKLaboklab(63.4% -0.064 -0.0271)
OKLCHoklch(63.4% 0.07 203)
XYZxyz(20.7173, 26.4048, 35.8967)
Luminance0.2641 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##53979D1.003.346.286.28
#FFFFFF3.341.0021.0021.00
#0000006.2821.001.001.00
##0000006.2821.001.001.00

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

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#53979D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva