#537A79#537A79

#537A79 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.044 H 193.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#537A79
RGB	rgb(83, 122, 121)
HSL	hsl(178, 19%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(178, 32%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 0%, 0.8%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.43, -13.82, -3.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.43, 14.34, 195.49°)
OKLab	oklab(55.03% -0.0424 -0.0105)
OKLCH	oklch(55.03% 0.044 193.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.9768, 17.1378, 20.6569)
Luminance	0.1714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#537A79 #7A5354

analogous

#537A66 #537A79 #53677A

triadic

#537A79 #79537A #7A7953

tetradic

#537A79 #66537A #7A5354 #677A53

square

#537A79 #66537A #7A5354 #677A53

split-complementary

#537A79 #7A5367 #7A6653

monochromatic

#213131 #3A5655 #537A79 #6E9C9B #92B5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#537A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#537A79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #537A79

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##537A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##537A79	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#757679

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7179

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#457C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #537a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 122, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.044 193.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a09f',
    500: '#537a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #537a79;
$custom-light: #85a09f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#537a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.462,
    "s": 19.024,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55027,
    "c": 0.04372,
    "h": 193.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#537A79

secondary

#A38687

accent

#6C6EBC

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F2

border

#CACCCC

text

#0B0E0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #537A79

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

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