#538D7C#538D7C

#538D7C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.067 H 173.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538D7C
RGB	rgb(83, 141, 124)
HSL	hsl(162, 26%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(162, 41%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 0%, 12.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.39, -23.19, 3.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.39, 23.40, 172.33°)
OKLab	oklab(59.84% -0.0664 0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(59.84% 0.067 173.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.7288, 22.3428, 22.4960)
Luminance	0.2234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538D7C #8D5364

analogous

#538D5F #538D7C #53818D

triadic

#538D7C #7C538D #8D7C53

tetradic

#538D7C #5F538D #8D5364 #818D53

square

#538D7C #5F538D #8D5364 #818D53

split-complementary

#538D7C #8D5381 #8D5F53

monochromatic

#264038 #3C665A #538D7C #71AC9B #98C2B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#538D7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#538D7C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538D7C

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538D7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538D7C	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A867B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807F7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#418E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538d7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 141, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.067 173.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aea1',
    500: '#538d7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538d7c;
$custom-light: #86aea1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538d7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.414,
    "s": 25.893,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59835,
    "c": 0.06684,
    "h": 173.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538D7C

secondary

#B08C97

accent

#6681C2

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#F0F4F2

border

#CBCECC

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #538D7C

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

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