#53979F#53979F

#53979F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.070 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53979F
RGB	rgb(83, 151, 159)
HSL	hsl(186, 31%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(186, 48%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.48, -19.31, -10.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.48, 22.17, 209.43°)
OKLab	oklab(63.47% -0.0632 -0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(63.47% 0.07 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.8895, 26.4737, 36.8033)
Luminance	0.2647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53979F #9F5B53

analogous

#539F81 #53979F #53719F

triadic

#53979F #9F5397 #979F53

tetradic

#53979F #81539F #9F5B53 #719F53

square

#53979F #81539F #9F5B53 #719F53

split-complementary

#53979F #9F5371 #9F8153

monochromatic

#294B4F #3E7177 #53979F #77B1B8 #9FC8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#53979F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#53979F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #53979F

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53979F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53979F	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)

#8D92A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81899F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A9C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53979f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 151, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.070 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b5bb',
    500: '#53979f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53979f;
$custom-light: #89b5bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53979f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.316,
    "s": 31.405,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63471,
    "c": 0.06994,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53979F

secondary

#BA9894

accent

#6B60C8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #53979F

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

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