#537C6F#537C6F

#537C6F is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.050 H 172.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#537C6F
RGB	rgb(83, 124, 111)
HSL	hsl(161, 20%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(161, 33%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 0%, 10.5%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.76, -17.35, 2.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.76, 17.54, 171.62°)
OKLab	oklab(55.19% -0.0498 0.0065)
OKLCH	oklch(55.19% 0.05 172.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.6432, 17.4013, 17.6757)
Luminance	0.1740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#537C6F #7C5360

analogous

#537C5A #537C6F #53747C

triadic

#537C6F #6F537C #7C6F53

tetradic

#537C6F #5A537C #7C5360 #747C53

square

#537C6F #5A537C #7C5360 #747C53

split-complementary

#537C6F #7C5374 #7C5A53

monochromatic

#22332D #3A574E #537C6F #6E9E8F #93B7AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#537C6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#537C6F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #537C6F

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##537C6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##537C6F	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79776E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727270

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#487D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #537c6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 124, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.050 172.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a298',
    500: '#537c6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #537c6f;
$custom-light: #85a298;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#537c6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.976,
    "s": 19.807,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55194,
    "c": 0.05021,
    "h": 172.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#537C6F

secondary

#A48790

accent

#6B85BC

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F2

border

#CACCCC

text

#0B0F0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #537C6F

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

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