#53997B#53997B

#53997B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.085 H 164.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53997B
RGB	rgb(83, 153, 123)
HSL	hsl(154, 30%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(154, 46%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 0%, 19.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.08, -29.40, 8.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.08, 30.74, 162.99°)
OKLab	oklab(62.81% -0.082 0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(62.81% 0.085 164.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.5322, 26.0501, 22.7867)
Luminance	0.2605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53997B #995371

analogous

#539958 #53997B #539499

triadic

#53997B #7B5399 #997B53

tetradic

#53997B #585399 #995371 #949953

square

#53997B #585399 #995371 #949953

split-complementary

#53997B #995394 #995853

monochromatic

#284A3B #3D715B #53997B #75B499 #9DCAB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#53997B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#53997B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #53997B

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53997B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53997B	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979079

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C887D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E9990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53997b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 153, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.085 164.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b7a1',
    500: '#53997b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53997b;
$custom-light: #87b7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53997b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.286,
    "s": 29.661,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62814,
    "c": 0.08516,
    "h": 164.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53997B

secondary

#B791A1

accent

#628DC6

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#F0F6F2

border

#CBD0CC

text

#0C110E

muted

#7D807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #53997B

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

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