#539B7D#539B7D

#539B7D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.086 H 164.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#539B7D
RGB	rgb(83, 155, 125)
HSL	hsl(155, 30%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(155, 46%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 0%, 19.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.75, -29.91, 8.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.75, 31.18, 163.59°)
OKLab	oklab(63.37% -0.0835 0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(63.37% 0.086 164.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.9887, 26.7609, 23.5628)
Luminance	0.2676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#539B7D #9B5371

analogous

#539B59 #539B7D #53959B

triadic

#539B7D #7D539B #9B7D53

tetradic

#539B7D #59539B #9B5371 #959B53

square

#539B7D #59539B #9B5371 #959B53

split-complementary

#539B7D #9B5395 #9B5953

monochromatic

#284B3D #3E735D #539B7D #76B59B #9ECBB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#539B7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#539B7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #539B7D

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##539B7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##539B7D	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98927B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8A7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D9B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #539b7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 155, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.086 164.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b9a2',
    500: '#539b7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #539b7d;
$custom-light: #88b9a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#539b7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155,
    "s": 30.252,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63371,
    "c": 0.08649,
    "h": 164.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#539B7D

secondary

#B892A2

accent

#618BC6

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F3

border

#CBD0CD

text

#0C110F

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #539B7D

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

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