Information about #53837B color

#53837B color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#53837B falls into the Cyan Color Family — Low Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(83, 131, 123) — 32.5% red, 51.4% green, 48.2% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 19 / 0 / 3 / 49. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #53837B reads as a gently muted cyan and carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Wintergreen Dream (#56887D). Slightly further away sit Green Copper (#527F76) and Breaker Bay (#517B78).

Technically, the mix leans on its green channel (rgb(83, 131, 123)), which gives #53837B its character. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #53837B: 4.9:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.3:1 for white. No one has named #53837B so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#53837B color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#53837B color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #53837B

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#53837B
  • RGB83, 131, 123
  • CMYK19, 0, 3, 49
  • CSSrgb(83, 131, 123)
  • HSL170°, 22%, 42%
  • HSL Precise170°, 22.43%, 41.961%
  • HSV170°, 37%, 51%
  • HSB170°, 37%, 51%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.325
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.514
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.482
  • GLSLvec3(0.325, 0.514, 0.482)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.325, 0.514, 0.482, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.325, 0.514, 0.482)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB32.5%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB51.4%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB48.2%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID53837B
  • DECIMAL ID5473147
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01