#538D79#538D79

#538D79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.069 H 169.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538D79
RGB	rgb(83, 141, 121)
HSL	hsl(159, 26%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(159, 41%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 0%, 14.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.31, -23.90, 4.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.31, 24.37, 168.78°)
OKLab	oklab(59.75% -0.0678 0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(59.75% 0.069 169.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.5420, 22.2681, 21.5120)
Luminance	0.2227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538D79 #8D5367

analogous

#538D5C #538D79 #53848D

triadic

#538D79 #79538D #8D7953

tetradic

#538D79 #5C538D #8D5367 #848D53

square

#538D79 #5C538D #8D5367 #848D53

split-complementary

#538D79 #8D5384 #8D5C53

monochromatic

#264037 #3C6658 #538D79 #71AC98 #98C2B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#538D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#538D79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538D79

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538D79	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8678

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807F7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#428E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 141, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.069 169.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86ae9f',
    500: '#538d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538d79;
$custom-light: #86ae9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.31,
    "s": 25.893,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59746,
    "c": 0.06885,
    "h": 169.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538D79

secondary

#B08C98

accent

#6686C2

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#F0F4F2

border

#CBCECC

text

#0B100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #538D79

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

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