#538F8A#538F8A

#538F8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.063 H 188.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538F8A
RGB	rgb(83, 143, 138)
HSL	hsl(175, 27%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(175, 42%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 0%, 3.5%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.40, -20.75, -3.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.40, 21.04, 189.48°)
OKLab	oklab(60.78% -0.0625 -0.0097)
OKLCH	oklch(60.78% 0.063 188.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.9754, 23.3176, 27.5934)
Luminance	0.2332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538F8A #8F5358

analogous

#538F6C #538F8A #53768F

triadic

#538F8A #8A538F #8F8A53

tetradic

#538F8A #6C538F #8F5358 #768F53

square

#538F8A #6C538F #8F5358 #768F53

split-complementary

#538F8A #8F5376 #8F6C53

monochromatic

#26423F #3D6865 #538F8A #72ADA8 #99C4C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#538F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#538F8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538F8A

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538F8A	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89898A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E818B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 143, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.063 188.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b0ac',
    500: '#538f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538f8a;
$custom-light: #87b0ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175,
    "s": 26.549,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60778,
    "c": 0.06322,
    "h": 188.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538F8A

secondary

#B18D90

accent

#656DC3

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#F0F4F4

border

#CBCECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #538F8A

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

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