#538D83#538D83

#538D83 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.063 H 181.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538D83
RGB	rgb(83, 141, 131)
HSL	hsl(170, 26%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(170, 41%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 0%, 7.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.58, -21.48, -0.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.58, 21.49, 181.68°)
OKLab	oklab(60.05% -0.0631 -0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(60.05% 0.063 181.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.1873, 22.5262, 24.9106)
Luminance	0.2253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538D83 #8D535D

analogous

#538D66 #538D83 #537A8D

triadic

#538D83 #83538D #8D8353

tetradic

#538D83 #66538D #8D535D #7A8D53

square

#538D83 #66538D #8D535D #7A8D53

split-complementary

#538D83 #8D537A #8D6653

monochromatic

#26403B #3C665F #538D83 #71ACA2 #98C2BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#538D83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#538D83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538D83

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538D83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538D83	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888783

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8084

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E8F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538d83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 141, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.063 181.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aea7',
    500: '#538d83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538d83;
$custom-light: #86aea7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538d83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.655,
    "s": 25.893,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60054,
    "c": 0.06315,
    "h": 181.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538D83

secondary

#B08C92

accent

#6676C2

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#F0F4F4

border

#CBCECE

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #538D83

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

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