#53979E#53979E

#53979E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.070 H 204.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53979E
RGB	rgb(83, 151, 158)
HSL	hsl(186, 31%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(186, 47%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 4.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.45, -19.59, -10.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.45, 22.17, 207.91°)
OKLab	oklab(63.43% -0.0636 -0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(63.43% 0.07 204.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.8031, 26.4391, 36.3481)
Luminance	0.2644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53979E #9E5A53

analogous

#539E80 #53979E #53729E

triadic

#53979E #9E5397 #979E53

tetradic

#53979E #80539E #9E5A53 #729E53

square

#53979E #80539E #9E5A53 #729E53

split-complementary

#53979E #9E5372 #9E8053

monochromatic

#294A4E #3E7176 #53979E #77B1B7 #9FC8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#53979E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#53979E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #53979E

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53979E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53979E	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E929F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81899E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B9C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53979e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 151, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.070 204.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b5ba',
    500: '#53979e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53979e;
$custom-light: #89b5ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53979e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.6,
    "s": 31.12,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63435,
    "c": 0.06973,
    "h": 204.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53979E

secondary

#BA9793

accent

#6A60C7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #53979E

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

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