#538C8A#538C8A

#538C8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.060 H 192.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538C8A
RGB	rgb(83, 140, 138)
HSL	hsl(178, 26%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(178, 41%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 0%, 1.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.48, -19.17, -4.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.48, 19.77, 194.12°)
OKLab	oklab(60.04% -0.0587 -0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(60.04% 0.06 192.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.5311, 22.4289, 27.4452)
Luminance	0.2243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538C8A #8C5355

analogous

#538C6D #538C8A #53718C

triadic

#538C8A #8A538C #8C8A53

tetradic

#538C8A #6D538C #8C5355 #718C53

square

#538C8A #6D538C #8C5355 #718C53

split-complementary

#538C8A #8C5371 #8C6D53

monochromatic

#253F3E #3C6664 #538C8A #71ABA9 #98C2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#538C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#538C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538C8A

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538C8A	1.00	3.83	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86878A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7F8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B8F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 140, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.060 192.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87adac',
    500: '#538c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538c8a;
$custom-light: #87adac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.895,
    "s": 25.561,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6004,
    "c": 0.06016,
    "h": 192.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538C8A

secondary

#AF8C8D

accent

#6669C2

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#F0F4F4

border

#CBCECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #538C8A

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

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