#539A8D#539A8D

#539A8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.075 H 180.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#539A8D
RGB	rgb(83, 154, 141)
HSL	hsl(169, 30%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(169, 46%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.1%, 0%, 8.4%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.86, -25.61, -0.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.86, 25.61, 180.24°)
OKLab	oklab(63.59% -0.0748 -0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(63.59% 0.075 180.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.9286, 26.8717, 29.3307)
Luminance	0.2687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#539A8D #9A5360

analogous

#539A6A #539A8D #53849A

triadic

#539A8D #8D539A #9A8D53

tetradic

#539A8D #6A539A #9A5360 #849A53

square

#539A8D #6A539A #9A5360 #849A53

split-complementary

#539A8D #9A5384 #9A6A53

monochromatic

#284A44 #3E7269 #539A8D #75B5A9 #9DCAC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#539A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#539A8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #539A8D

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##539A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##539A8D	1.00	3.29	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95938D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898A8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#359C96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #539a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 154, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.075 180.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b8ae',
    500: '#539a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #539a8d;
$custom-light: #88b8ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#539a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.014,
    "s": 29.958,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63591,
    "c": 0.07479,
    "h": 180.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#539A8D

secondary

#B79198

accent

#6274C6

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #539A8D

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

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