#538E48#538E48

#538E48 is a mid, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.119 H 140.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538E48
RGB	rgb(83, 142, 72)
HSL	hsl(111, 33%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(111, 49%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 0%, 49.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.66, -33.63, 31.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.66, 45.90, 137.12°)
OKLab	oklab(58.9% -0.0919 0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(58.9% 0.119 140.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.4094, 21.6521, 9.5496)
Luminance	0.2165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538E48 #83488E

analogous

#768E48 #538E48 #488E60

triadic

#538E48 #48538E #8E4853

tetradic

#538E48 #48768E #83488E #8E6048

square

#538E48 #48768E #83488E #8E6048

split-complementary

#538E48 #60488E #8E4876

monochromatic

#243D1F #3B6533 #538E48 #6FB063 #95C58C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#538E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#538E48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538E48

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538E48	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897E4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E8A7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 142, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.119 140.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87af7c',
    500: '#538e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538e48;
$custom-light: #87af7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 110.571,
    "s": 32.71,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58896,
    "c": 0.11902,
    "h": 140.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538E48

secondary

#A982B0

accent

#5FC9B8

background

#F8FAF7

surface

#F0F4EE

border

#CBCEC9

text

#0B1009

muted

#7C7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #538E48

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

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