#538D8A#538D8A

#538D8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.061 H 191.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538D8A
RGB	rgb(83, 141, 138)
HSL	hsl(177, 26%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(177, 41%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 0%, 2.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.79, -19.70, -4.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.79, 20.18, 192.50°)
OKLab	oklab(60.29% -0.0599 -0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(60.29% 0.061 191.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.6779, 22.7225, 27.4942)
Luminance	0.2272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538D8A #8D5356

analogous

#538D6D #538D8A #53738D

triadic

#538D8A #8A538D #8D8A53

tetradic

#538D8A #6D538D #8D5356 #738D53

square

#538D8A #6D538D #8D5356 #738D53

split-complementary

#538D8A #8D5373 #8D6D53

monochromatic

#26403F #3C6664 #538D8A #71ACA9 #98C2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#538D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#538D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538D8A

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538D8A	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87888A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C808B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 141, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.061 191.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87aeac',
    500: '#538d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538d8a;
$custom-light: #87aeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.897,
    "s": 25.893,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60286,
    "c": 0.06116,
    "h": 191.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538D8A

secondary

#B08C8E

accent

#666AC2

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#F0F4F4

border

#CBCECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #538D8A

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

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