#539B85#539B85

#539B85 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.081 H 171.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#539B85
RGB	rgb(83, 155, 133)
HSL	hsl(162, 30%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(162, 46%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 0%, 14.2%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.95, -28.06, 4.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.95, 28.43, 170.75°)
OKLab	oklab(63.6% -0.0797 0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(63.6% 0.081 171.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.5205, 26.9736, 26.3635)
Luminance	0.2697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#539B85 #9B5369

analogous

#539B61 #539B85 #538D9B

triadic

#539B85 #85539B #9B8553

tetradic

#539B85 #61539B #9B5369 #8D9B53

square

#539B85 #61539B #9B5369 #8D9B53

split-complementary

#539B85 #9B538D #9B6153

monochromatic

#284B41 #3E7363 #539B85 #76B5A2 #9ECBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#539B85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#539B85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #539B85

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##539B85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##539B85	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979384

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8A86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#399C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #539b85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 155, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.081 171.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b9a8',
    500: '#539b85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #539b85;
$custom-light: #88b9a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#539b85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.667,
    "s": 30.252,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63597,
    "c": 0.08056,
    "h": 171.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#539B85

secondary

#B8929D

accent

#6180C6

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C110F

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #539B85

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

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