#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
RGBrgb(83, 141, 121)
HSLhsl(159, 26%, 44%)
HSVhsv(159, 41%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(41.1%, 0%, 14.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LABlab(54.31, -23.90, 4.74)
CIE-LCHlch(54.31, 24.37, 168.78°)
OKLaboklab(59.75% -0.0678 0.0122)
OKLCHoklch(59.75% 0.069 169.8)
XYZxyz(16.5420, 22.2681, 21.5120)
Luminance0.2227 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##538D791.003.855.455.45
#FFFFFF3.851.0021.0021.00
#0000005.4521.001.001.00
##0000005.4521.001.001.00

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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#538D79 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva