#537B7C#537B7C

#537B7C is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.045 H 197.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#537B7C
RGB	rgb(83, 123, 124)
HSL	hsl(181, 20%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(181, 33%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 0.8%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.83, -13.60, -5.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.83, 14.50, 200.21°)
OKLab	oklab(55.38% -0.0425 -0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(55.38% 0.045 197.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.2871, 17.4593, 21.6820)
Luminance	0.1746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#537B7C #7C5453

analogous

#537C68 #537B7C #53667C

triadic

#537B7C #7C537B #7B7C53

tetradic

#537B7C #68537C #7C5453 #667C53

square

#537B7C #68537C #7C5453 #667C53

split-complementary

#537B7C #7C5366 #7C6853

monochromatic

#223233 #3A5757 #537B7C #6E9D9E #93B6B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#537B7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#537B7C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #537B7C

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##537B7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##537B7C	1.00	4.67	4.49	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76777C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E727C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#447E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #537b7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 123, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.045 197.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a1a1',
    500: '#537b7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #537b7c;
$custom-light: #85a1a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#537b7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.463,
    "s": 19.807,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55377,
    "c": 0.04462,
    "h": 197.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#537B7C

secondary

#A48787

accent

#6D6BBC

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F2

border

#CACCCC

text

#0B0F0F

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #537B7C

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

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