#53998C#53998C

#53998C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.074 H 180.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53998C
RGB	rgb(83, 153, 140)
HSL	hsl(169, 30%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(169, 46%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 0%, 8.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.52, -25.36, -0.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.52, 25.36, 180.06°)
OKLab	oklab(63.31% -0.074 -0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(63.31% 0.074 180.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.6902, 26.5134, 28.8858)
Luminance	0.2651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53998C #995360

analogous

#539969 #53998C #538399

triadic

#53998C #8C5399 #998C53

tetradic

#53998C #695399 #995360 #839953

square

#53998C #695399 #995360 #839953

split-complementary

#53998C #995383 #996953

monochromatic

#284A43 #3D7168 #53998C #75B4A8 #9DCAC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#53998C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#53998C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #53998C

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53998C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53998C	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94928C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88898D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#369B95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53998c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 153, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.074 180.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b7ad',
    500: '#53998c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53998c;
$custom-light: #88b7ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53998c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.857,
    "s": 29.661,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63312,
    "c": 0.07402,
    "h": 180.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53998C

secondary

#B79198

accent

#6274C6

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53998C

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

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