#538B71#538B71

#538B71 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.072 H 163.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538B71
RGB	rgb(83, 139, 113)
HSL	hsl(152, 25%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(152, 40%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 0%, 18.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.49, -24.71, 8.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.49, 26.03, 161.71°)
OKLab	oklab(59.02% -0.069 0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(59.02% 0.072 163.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.7794, 21.4955, 18.9372)
Luminance	0.2150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538B71 #8B536D

analogous

#538B55 #538B71 #53898B

triadic

#538B71 #71538B #8B7153

tetradic

#538B71 #55538B #8B536D #898B53

square

#538B71 #55538B #8B536D #898B53

split-complementary

#538B71 #8B5389 #8B5553

monochromatic

#253E33 #3C6552 #538B71 #71AA90 #97C1AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#538B71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#538B71 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538B71

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538B71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538B71	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898470

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807D73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#458B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538b71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 139, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.072 163.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86ad99',
    500: '#538b71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538b71;
$custom-light: #86ad99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538b71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.143,
    "s": 25.225,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59016,
    "c": 0.0721,
    "h": 163.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538B71

secondary

#AE8C9C

accent

#6691C2

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #538B71

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

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