#538E83#538E83

#538E83 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.064 H 180.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538E83
RGB	rgb(83, 142, 131)
HSL	hsl(169, 26%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(169, 42%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 0%, 7.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.89, -22.00, -0.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.89, 22.00, 180.47°)
OKLab	oklab(60.3% -0.0644 -0.0008)
OKLCH	oklch(60.3% 0.064 180.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.3354, 22.8225, 24.9600)
Luminance	0.2282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538E83 #8E535E

analogous

#538E66 #538E83 #537C8E

triadic

#538E83 #83538E #8E8353

tetradic

#538E83 #66538E #8E535E #7C8E53

square

#538E83 #66538E #8E535E #7C8E53

split-complementary

#538E83 #8E537C #8E6653

monochromatic

#26413C #3C675F #538E83 #72ACA2 #98C3BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#538E83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#538E83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538E83

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538E83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538E83	1.00	3.77	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898883

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8084

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538e83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 142, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.064 180.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87afa7',
    500: '#538e83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538e83;
$custom-light: #87afa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538e83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.814,
    "s": 26.222,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60302,
    "c": 0.06441,
    "h": 180.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538E83

secondary

#B08D93

accent

#6577C3

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#F0F4F4

border

#CBCECE

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #538E83

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

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