#538E8D#538E8D

#538E8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.062 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538E8D
RGB	rgb(83, 142, 141)
HSL	hsl(179, 26%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(179, 42%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 0%, 0.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.18, -19.44, -5.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.18, 20.21, 195.83°)
OKLab	oklab(60.63% -0.0599 -0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(60.63% 0.062 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.0462, 23.1068, 28.7032)
Luminance	0.2311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538E8D #8E5354

analogous

#538E70 #538E8D #53728E

triadic

#538E8D #8D538E #8E8D53

tetradic

#538E8D #70538E #8E5354 #728E53

square

#538E8D #70538E #8E5354 #728E53

split-complementary

#538E8D #8E5372 #8E7053

monochromatic

#264140 #3C6767 #538E8D #72ACAB #98C3C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#538E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#538E8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538E8D

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538E8D	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87898D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D818E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 142, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.062 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87afae',
    500: '#538e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538e8d;
$custom-light: #87afae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.983,
    "s": 26.222,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60634,
    "c": 0.06178,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538E8D

secondary

#B08D8D

accent

#6567C3

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#F0F4F4

border

#CBCECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #538E8D

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

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