#539B7E#539B7E

#539B7E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.086 H 165.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#539B7E
RGB	rgb(83, 155, 126)
HSL	hsl(156, 30%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(156, 46%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 0%, 18.7%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.78, -29.69, 8.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.78, 30.82, 164.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.4% -0.083 0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(63.4% 0.086 165.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.0529, 26.7866, 23.9009)
Luminance	0.2679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#539B7E #9B5370

analogous

#539B5A #539B7E #53949B

triadic

#539B7E #7E539B #9B7E53

tetradic

#539B7E #5A539B #9B5370 #949B53

square

#539B7E #5A539B #9B5370 #949B53

split-complementary

#539B7E #9B5394 #9B5A53

monochromatic

#284B3D #3E735E #539B7E #76B59C #9ECBB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#539B7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#539B7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #539B7E

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##539B7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##539B7E	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98927D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8A80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D9B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #539b7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 155, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.086 165.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b9a3',
    500: '#539b7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #539b7e;
$custom-light: #88b9a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#539b7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.833,
    "s": 30.252,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63399,
    "c": 0.08569,
    "h": 165.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#539B7E

secondary

#B892A1

accent

#618AC6

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F3

border

#CBD0CD

text

#0C110F

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #539B7E

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

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