#537C7B#537C7B

#537C7B is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.046 H 194.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#537C7B
RGB	rgb(83, 124, 123)
HSL	hsl(179, 20%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(179, 33%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 0%, 0.8%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.11, -14.41, -4.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.11, 14.96, 195.55°)
OKLab	oklab(55.59% -0.0443 -0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(55.59% 0.046 194)
XYZ	xyz(14.3489, 17.6835, 21.3922)
Luminance	0.1768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#537C7B #7C5354

analogous

#537C66 #537C7B #53687C

triadic

#537C7B #7B537C #7C7B53

tetradic

#537C7B #66537C #7C5354 #687C53

square

#537C7B #66537C #7C5354 #687C53

split-complementary

#537C7B #7C5368 #7C6653

monochromatic

#223332 #3A5757 #537C7B #6E9E9D #93B7B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#537C7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#537C7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #537C7B

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##537C7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##537C7B	1.00	4.63	4.54	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77787B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F727B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#447E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #537c7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 124, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.046 194.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a2a1',
    500: '#537c7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #537c7b;
$custom-light: #85a2a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#537c7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.537,
    "s": 19.807,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55588,
    "c": 0.04563,
    "h": 194
  },
  "luminance": 0.17684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#537C7B

secondary

#A48787

accent

#6B6DBC

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F2

border

#CACCCC

text

#0B0F0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #537C7B

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

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