#538E49#538E49

#538E49 is a mid, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.118 H 140.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538E49
RGB	rgb(83, 142, 73)
HSL	hsl(111, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(111, 49%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 0%, 48.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.67, -33.49, 30.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.67, 45.45, 137.46°)
OKLab	oklab(58.91% -0.0915 0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(58.91% 0.118 140.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.4423, 21.6652, 9.7228)
Luminance	0.2167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538E49 #84498E

analogous

#768E49 #538E49 #498E61

triadic

#538E49 #49538E #8E4953

tetradic

#538E49 #49768E #84498E #8E6149

square

#538E49 #49768E #84498E #8E6149

split-complementary

#538E49 #61498E #8E4976

monochromatic

#243D1F #3B6634 #538E49 #6FB065 #95C48D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#538E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#538E49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538E49

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538E49	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)

#918443

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897E4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E8A7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 142, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.118 140.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87af7d',
    500: '#538e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538e49;
$custom-light: #87af7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 111.304,
    "s": 32.093,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58913,
    "c": 0.118,
    "h": 140.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538E49

secondary

#AA83B0

accent

#60C8B9

background

#F8FAF7

surface

#F0F4EE

border

#CBCEC9

text

#0B100A

muted

#7C7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #538E49

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

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