#53999A#53999A

#53999A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.071 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53999A
RGB	rgb(83, 153, 154)
HSL	hsl(181, 30%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(181, 46%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.1%, 0.6%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.93, -21.72, -7.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.93, 22.94, 198.78°)
OKLab	oklab(63.78% -0.0677 -0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(63.78% 0.071 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.7890, 26.9529, 34.6725)
Luminance	0.2696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53999A #9A5453

analogous

#539A78 #53999A #53769A

triadic

#53999A #9A5399 #999A53

tetradic

#53999A #78539A #9A5453 #769A53

square

#53999A #78539A #9A5453 #769A53

split-complementary

#53999A #9A5376 #9A7853

monochromatic

#284A4A #3E7172 #53999A #75B4B5 #9DCACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#53999A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#53999A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #53999A

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53999A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53999A	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91939A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848A9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D9D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53999a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 153, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.071 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b7b7',
    500: '#53999a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53999a;
$custom-light: #89b7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53999a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.845,
    "s": 29.958,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63777,
    "c": 0.07074,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53999A

secondary

#B79291

accent

#6362C6

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #53999A

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

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