#538E71#538E71

#538E71 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.077 H 161.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538E71
RGB	rgb(83, 142, 113)
HSL	hsl(151, 26%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(151, 42%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 0%, 20.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.42, -26.22, 9.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.42, 27.88, 160.09°)
OKLab	oklab(59.77% -0.0729 0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(59.77% 0.077 161.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.2197, 22.3762, 19.0839)
Luminance	0.2238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538E71 #8E5370

analogous

#538E54 #538E71 #538E8E

triadic

#538E71 #71538E #8E7153

tetradic

#538E71 #54538E #8E5370 #8E8E53

square

#538E71 #54538E #8E5370 #8E8E53

split-complementary

#538E71 #8E538E #8E5453

monochromatic

#264134 #3C6752 #538E71 #72AC90 #98C3AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#538E71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#538E71 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538E71

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538E71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538E71	1.00	3.84	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C866F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837F73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#448E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538e71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 142, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.077 161.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86af99',
    500: '#538e71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538e71;
$custom-light: #86af99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538e71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.508,
    "s": 26.222,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59772,
    "c": 0.07684,
    "h": 161.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538E71

secondary

#B08D9E

accent

#6593C3

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#F0F4F2

border

#CBCECC

text

#0B100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #538E71

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

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