#538D97#538D97

#538D97 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.063 H 209.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538D97
RGB	rgb(83, 141, 151)
HSL	hsl(189, 29%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(189, 45%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(45%, 6.6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.20, -16.20, -11.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.20, 19.73, 214.77°)
OKLab	oklab(60.75% -0.0543 -0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(60.75% 0.063 209.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.6760, 23.1217, 32.7509)
Luminance	0.2312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538D97 #975D53

analogous

#53977F #538D97 #536B97

triadic

#538D97 #97538D #8D9753

tetradic

#538D97 #7F5397 #975D53 #6B9753

square

#538D97 #7F5397 #975D53 #6B9753

split-complementary

#538D97 #97536B #977F53

monochromatic

#284348 #3D6870 #538D97 #74AAB3 #9CC2C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#538D97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#538D97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538D97

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538D97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538D97	1.00	3.73	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848998

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798197

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#339290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538d97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 141, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.063 209.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88aeb5',
    500: '#538d97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538d97;
$custom-light: #88aeb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538d97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.824,
    "s": 29.06,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60753,
    "c": 0.0625,
    "h": 209.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538D97

secondary

#B69690

accent

#7162C5

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1011

muted

#7D7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #538D97

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

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