#53997D#53997D

#53997D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.084 H 165.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53997D
RGB	rgb(83, 153, 125)
HSL	hsl(156, 30%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(156, 46%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 0%, 18.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.13, -28.94, 7.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.13, 30.01, 164.68°)
OKLab	oklab(62.87% -0.081 0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(62.87% 0.084 165.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.6586, 26.1007, 23.4528)
Luminance	0.2610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53997D #99536F

analogous

#53995A #53997D #539299

triadic

#53997D #7D5399 #997D53

tetradic

#53997D #5A5399 #99536F #929953

square

#53997D #5A5399 #99536F #929953

split-complementary

#53997D #995392 #995A53

monochromatic

#284A3C #3D715D #53997D #75B49B #9DCAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#53997D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#53997D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #53997D

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53997D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53997D	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96907C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B887F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E9991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53997d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 153, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.084 165.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b7a2',
    500: '#53997d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53997d;
$custom-light: #87b7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53997d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156,
    "s": 29.661,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62869,
    "c": 0.08354,
    "h": 165.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53997D

secondary

#B791A0

accent

#628AC6

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F3

border

#CBD0CD

text

#0C110F

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53997D

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

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