#538E77#538E77

#538E77 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.072 H 167.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538E77
RGB	rgb(83, 142, 119)
HSL	hsl(157, 26%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(157, 42%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 0%, 16.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.57, -24.87, 6.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.57, 25.65, 165.87°)
OKLab	oklab(59.94% -0.07 0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(59.94% 0.072 167)
XYZ	xyz(16.5687, 22.5158, 20.9221)
Luminance	0.2252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538E77 #8E536A

analogous

#538E5A #538E77 #53888E

triadic

#538E77 #77538E #8E7753

tetradic

#538E77 #5A538E #8E536A #888E53

square

#538E77 #5A538E #8E536A #888E53

split-complementary

#538E77 #8E5388 #8E5A53

monochromatic

#264136 #3C6757 #538E77 #72AC96 #98C3B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#538E77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#538E77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538E77

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538E77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538E77	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8776

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828078

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#428E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538e77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 142, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.072 167.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86af9e',
    500: '#538e77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538e77;
$custom-light: #86af9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538e77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.61,
    "s": 26.222,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59939,
    "c": 0.07184,
    "h": 167
  },
  "luminance": 0.22517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538E77

secondary

#B08D9A

accent

#658AC3

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#F0F4F2

border

#CBCECC

text

#0B100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #538E77

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

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