#538E8A#538E8A

#538E8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.062 H 190.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538E8A
RGB	rgb(83, 142, 138)
HSL	hsl(176, 26%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(176, 42%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 0%, 2.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.09, -20.23, -3.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.09, 20.60, 190.96°)
OKLab	oklab(60.53% -0.0612 -0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(60.53% 0.062 190.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.8260, 23.0187, 27.5435)
Luminance	0.2302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538E8A #8E5357

analogous

#538E6D #538E8A #53758E

triadic

#538E8A #8A538E #8E8A53

tetradic

#538E8A #6D538E #8E5357 #758E53

square

#538E8A #6D538E #8E5357 #758E53

split-complementary

#538E8A #8E5375 #8E6D53

monochromatic

#26413F #3C6764 #538E8A #72ACA8 #98C3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#538E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#538E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538E8A

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538E8A	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88888A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D818B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 142, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.062 190.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87afac',
    500: '#538e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538e8a;
$custom-light: #87afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.932,
    "s": 26.222,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60532,
    "c": 0.06218,
    "h": 190.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538E8A

secondary

#B08D8F

accent

#656CC3

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#F0F4F4

border

#CBCECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #538E8A

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

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