#538E99#538E99

#538E99 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.064 H 210.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538E99
RGB	rgb(83, 142, 153)
HSL	hsl(189, 30%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(189, 46%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 7.2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.57, -16.19, -11.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.57, 20.06, 216.20°)
OKLab	oklab(61.07% -0.0547 -0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(61.07% 0.064 210.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.9879, 23.4835, 33.6630)
Luminance	0.2349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538E99 #995E53

analogous

#539981 #538E99 #536B99

triadic

#538E99 #99538E #8E9953

tetradic

#538E99 #815399 #995E53 #6B9953

square

#538E99 #815399 #995E53 #6B9953

split-complementary

#538E99 #99536B #998153

monochromatic

#28444A #3D6971 #538E99 #75AAB4 #9DC3CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#538E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#538E99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538E99

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538E99	1.00	3.69	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848A9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798199

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#319391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 142, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.064 210.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88afb7',
    500: '#538e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538e99;
$custom-light: #88afb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.429,
    "s": 29.661,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6107,
    "c": 0.06368,
    "h": 210.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538E99

secondary

#B79791

accent

#7262C6

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1011

muted

#7D7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #538E99

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

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