#53999D#53999D

#53999D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.071 H 200.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53999D
RGB	rgb(83, 153, 157)
HSL	hsl(183, 31%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(183, 47%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 2.5%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.02, -20.91, -8.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.02, 22.74, 203.17°)
OKLab	oklab(63.88% -0.0664 -0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(63.88% 0.071 200.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.0419, 27.0541, 36.0049)
Luminance	0.2706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53999D #9D5753

analogous

#539D7C #53999D #53749D

triadic

#53999D #9D5399 #999D53

tetradic

#53999D #7C539D #9D5753 #749D53

square

#53999D #7C539D #9D5753 #749D53

split-complementary

#53999D #9D5374 #9D7C53

monochromatic

#294B4D #3E7275 #53999D #76B3B7 #9EC9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#53999D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#53999D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #53999D

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53999D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53999D	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90939D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848A9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B9D9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53999d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 153, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.071 200.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b7b9',
    500: '#53999d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53999d;
$custom-light: #89b7b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53999d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.243,
    "s": 30.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63884,
    "c": 0.07087,
    "h": 200.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53999D

secondary

#B99593

accent

#6661C7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #53999D

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

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