#538D71#538D71

#538D71 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.075 H 162.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538D71
RGB	rgb(83, 141, 113)
HSL	hsl(151, 26%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(151, 41%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 0%, 19.9%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.11, -25.72, 9.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.11, 27.26, 160.61°)
OKLab	oklab(59.52% -0.0716 0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(59.52% 0.075 162)
XYZ	xyz(16.0716, 22.0800, 19.0346)
Luminance	0.2208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538D71 #8D536F

analogous

#538D54 #538D71 #538C8D

triadic

#538D71 #71538D #8D7153

tetradic

#538D71 #54538D #8D536F #8C8D53

square

#538D71 #54538D #8D536F #8C8D53

split-complementary

#538D71 #8D538C #8D5453

monochromatic

#264033 #3C6652 #538D71 #71AC90 #98C2AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#538D71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#538D71 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538D71

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538D71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538D71	1.00	3.88	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8570

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827F73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#448D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538d71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 141, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.075 162.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86ae99',
    500: '#538d71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538d71;
$custom-light: #86ae99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538d71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.034,
    "s": 25.893,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5952,
    "c": 0.07526,
    "h": 162
  },
  "luminance": 0.22081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538D71

secondary

#B08C9D

accent

#6692C2

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #538D71

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

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