#538B6B#538B6B

#538B6B is a mid, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.078 H 157.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#538B6B
RGBrgb(83, 139, 107)
HSLhsl(146, 25%, 44%)
HSVhsv(146, 40%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(40.3%, 0%, 23%, 45.5%)
CIE-LABlab(53.35, -26.01, 11.41)
CIE-LCHlch(53.35, 28.41, 156.31°)
OKLaboklab(58.86% -0.0718 0.0293)
OKLCHoklch(58.86% 0.078 157.8)
XYZxyz(15.4527, 21.3648, 17.2166)
Luminance0.2137 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#538B6B #8B5373
analogous
#578B53 #538B6B #538B87
triadic
#538B6B #6B538B #8B6B53
tetradic
#538B6B #53578B #8B5373 #8B8753
square
#538B6B #53578B #8B5373 #8B8753
split-complementary
#538B6B #87538B #8B5357
monochromatic
#253E30 #3C654E #538B6B #71AA8A #97C1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98
#538B6B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27
#538B6B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538B6B
5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##538B6B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##538B6B1.003.985.275.27
#FFFFFF3.981.0021.0021.00
#0000005.2721.001.001.00
##0000005.2721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8A8369
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#817D6D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#478A82
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #538b6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 139, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.078 157.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86ad95',
    500: '#538b6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #538b6b;
$custom-light: #86ad95;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#538b6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 145.714,
    "s": 25.225,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58855,
    "c": 0.07757,
    "h": 157.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#538B6B
secondary
#AE8C9F
accent
#669AC2
background
#F8FAF9
surface
#EFF4F1
border
#CACECB
text
#0B100D
muted
#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

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#538B6B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva