#537D7B#537D7B

#537D7B is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.047 H 192.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#537D7B
RGB	rgb(83, 125, 123)
HSL	hsl(177, 20%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(177, 34%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 0%, 1.6%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.42, -14.96, -3.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.42, 15.38, 193.37°)
OKLab	oklab(55.83% -0.0456 -0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(55.83% 0.047 192.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.4748, 17.9354, 21.4342)
Luminance	0.1794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#537D7B #7D5355

analogous

#537D66 #537D7B #536A7D

triadic

#537D7B #7B537D #7D7B53

tetradic

#537D7B #66537D #7D5355 #6A7D53

square

#537D7B #66537D #7D5355 #6A7D53

split-complementary

#537D7B #7D536A #7D6653

monochromatic

#223333 #3B5857 #537D7B #6E9F9D #93B7B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#537D7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#537D7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #537D7B

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##537D7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##537D7B	1.00	4.58	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78797B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70737B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#447F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #537d7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 125, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.047 192.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a2a1',
    500: '#537d7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #537d7b;
$custom-light: #85a2a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#537d7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.143,
    "s": 20.192,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55834,
    "c": 0.04668,
    "h": 192.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#537D7B

secondary

#A58788

accent

#6B6FBD

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF3F2

border

#CACDCC

text

#0B0F0E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #537D7B

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

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