#539B86#539B86

#539B86 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.080 H 172.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#539B86
RGB	rgb(83, 155, 134)
HSL	hsl(163, 30%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(163, 46%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 0%, 13.5%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.98, -27.82, 4.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.98, 28.11, 171.74°)
OKLab	oklab(63.63% -0.0792 0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(63.63% 0.08 172.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.5899, 27.0014, 26.7291)
Luminance	0.2700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#539B86 #9B5368

analogous

#539B62 #539B86 #538C9B

triadic

#539B86 #86539B #9B8653

tetradic

#539B86 #62539B #9B5368 #8C9B53

square

#539B86 #62539B #9B5368 #8C9B53

split-complementary

#539B86 #9B538C #9B6253

monochromatic

#284B41 #3E7364 #539B86 #76B5A3 #9ECBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#539B86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#539B86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #539B86

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##539B86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##539B86	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)

#979385

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8A87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#399C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #539b86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 155, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.080 172.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b9a9',
    500: '#539b86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #539b86;
$custom-light: #88b9a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#539b86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.5,
    "s": 30.252,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63626,
    "c": 0.07991,
    "h": 172.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#539B86

secondary

#B8929D

accent

#617FC6

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C110F

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #539B86

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

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