#538D8D#538D8D

#538D8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.061 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538D8D
RGB	rgb(83, 141, 141)
HSL	hsl(180, 26%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(180, 41%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 0%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.88, -18.91, -5.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.88, 19.83, 197.50°)
OKLab	oklab(60.39% -0.0586 -0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(60.39% 0.061 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.8981, 22.8105, 28.6539)
Luminance	0.2281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538D8D #8D5353

analogous

#538D70 #538D8D #53708D

triadic

#538D8D #8D538D #8D8D53

tetradic

#538D8D #70538D #8D5353 #708D53

square

#538D8D #70538D #8D5353 #708D53

split-complementary

#538D8D #8D5370 #8D7053

monochromatic

#264040 #3C6666 #538D8D #71ACAC #98C2C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#538D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#538D8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538D8D

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538D8D	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86888D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C808E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39908D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 141, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.061 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87aeae',
    500: '#538d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538d8d;
$custom-light: #87aeae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 25.893,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60389,
    "c": 0.06087,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538D8D

secondary

#B08C8C

accent

#6666C2

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#F0F4F4

border

#CBCECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #538D8D

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

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