#538F99#538F99

#538F99 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.064 H 209.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538F99
RGB	rgb(83, 143, 153)
HSL	hsl(189, 30%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(189, 46%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 6.5%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.87, -16.73, -11.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.87, 20.24, 214.26°)
OKLab	oklab(61.31% -0.0559 -0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(61.31% 0.064 209.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.1373, 23.7824, 33.7128)
Luminance	0.2378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538F99 #995D53

analogous

#539980 #538F99 #536C99

triadic

#538F99 #99538F #8F9953

tetradic

#538F99 #805399 #995D53 #6C9953

square

#538F99 #805399 #995D53 #6C9953

split-complementary

#538F99 #99536C #998053

monochromatic

#28454A #3D6A71 #538F99 #75ABB4 #9DC3CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#538F99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#538F99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538F99

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538F99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538F99	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868B9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#319492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538f99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 143, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.064 209.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b0b7',
    500: '#538f99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538f99;
$custom-light: #88b0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538f99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 29.661,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61312,
    "c": 0.06413,
    "h": 209.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538F99

secondary

#B79691

accent

#7062C6

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1011

muted

#7D7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #538F99

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

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