#538C8D#538C8D

#538C8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.060 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538C8D
RGB	rgb(83, 140, 141)
HSL	hsl(181, 26%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(181, 41%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 0.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.57, -18.38, -6.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.57, 19.47, 199.24°)
OKLab	oklab(60.14% -0.0573 -0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(60.14% 0.06 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.7513, 22.5170, 28.6049)
Luminance	0.2252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538C8D #8D5453

analogous

#538D71 #538C8D #536F8D

triadic

#538C8D #8D538C #8C8D53

tetradic

#538C8D #71538D #8D5453 #6F8D53

square

#538C8D #71538D #8D5453 #6F8D53

split-complementary

#538C8D #8D536F #8D7153

monochromatic

#264040 #3C6666 #538C8D #71ABAC #98C2C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#538C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#538C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538C8D

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538C8D	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85878D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7F8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#398F8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 140, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.060 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87adae',
    500: '#538c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538c8d;
$custom-light: #87adae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.034,
    "s": 25.893,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60144,
    "c": 0.06001,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538C8D

secondary

#B08D8C

accent

#6766C2

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#F0F4F4

border

#CBCECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #538C8D

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

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