#538E6E#538E6E

#538E6E is a mid, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.080 H 159.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538E6E
RGB	rgb(83, 142, 110)
HSL	hsl(147, 26%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(147, 42%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 0%, 22.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.35, -26.87, 11.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.35, 29.07, 157.53°)
OKLab	oklab(59.69% -0.0743 0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(59.69% 0.08 159)
XYZ	xyz(16.0536, 22.3097, 18.2091)
Luminance	0.2231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538E6E #8E5373

analogous

#568E53 #538E6E #538E8C

triadic

#538E6E #6E538E #8E6E53

tetradic

#538E6E #53568E #8E5373 #8E8C53

square

#538E6E #53568E #8E5373 #8E8C53

split-complementary

#538E6E #8C538E #8E5356

monochromatic

#264132 #3C6750 #538E6E #72AC8D #98C3AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#538E6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#538E6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538E6E

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538E6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538E6E	1.00	3.84	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D866C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847F70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#458D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538e6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 142, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.080 159.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86af97',
    500: '#538e6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538e6e;
$custom-light: #86af97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538e6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 147.458,
    "s": 26.222,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59693,
    "c": 0.07957,
    "h": 159
  },
  "luminance": 0.22311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538E6E

secondary

#B08DA0

accent

#6598C3

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#F0F4F2

border

#CBCECC

text

#0B100D

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #538E6E

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

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