#538E4E#538E4E

#538E4E is a mid, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.113 H 142.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538E4E
RGB	rgb(83, 142, 78)
HSL	hsl(115, 29%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(115, 45%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 0%, 45.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.74, -32.75, 28.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.74, 43.19, 139.32°)
OKLab	oklab(59% -0.0893 0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(59% 0.113 142.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.6148, 21.7342, 10.6313)
Luminance	0.2173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538E4E #894E8E

analogous

#738E4E #538E4E #4E8E69

triadic

#538E4E #4E538E #8E4E53

tetradic

#538E4E #4E738E #894E8E #8E694E

square

#538E4E #4E738E #894E8E #8E694E

split-complementary

#538E4E #694E8E #8E4E73

monochromatic

#253F23 #3C6638 #538E4E #71AE6B #97C493

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#538E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#538E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538E4E

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538E4E	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887E52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D8B7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 142, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.113 142.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87af80',
    500: '#538e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538e4e;
$custom-light: #87af80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 115.313,
    "s": 29.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58997,
    "c": 0.1128,
    "h": 142.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538E4E

secondary

#AD88B0

accent

#62C5BE

background

#F8FAF7

surface

#F0F4EE

border

#CBCEC9

text

#0B100A

muted

#7C7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #538E4E

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

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