#53999F#53999F

#53999F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.071 H 202.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53999F
RGB	rgb(83, 153, 159)
HSL	hsl(185, 31%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(185, 48%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 3.8%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.09, -20.36, -9.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.09, 22.68, 206.14°)
OKLab	oklab(63.96% -0.0656 -0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(63.96% 0.071 202.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.2141, 27.1229, 36.9115)
Luminance	0.2712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53999F #9F5953

analogous

#539F7F #53999F #53739F

triadic

#53999F #9F5399 #999F53

tetradic

#53999F #7F539F #9F5953 #739F53

square

#53999F #7F539F #9F5953 #739F53

split-complementary

#53999F #9F5373 #9F7F53

monochromatic

#294C4F #3E7277 #53999F #77B3B8 #9FC9CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#53999F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#53999F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #53999F

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53999F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53999F	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90949F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838A9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#299E9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53999f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 153, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.071 202.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b7bb',
    500: '#53999f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53999f;
$custom-light: #89b7bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53999f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.737,
    "s": 31.405,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63956,
    "c": 0.07112,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53999F

secondary

#BA9794

accent

#6860C8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #53999F

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

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