#539B87#539B87

#539B87 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.079 H 173.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#539B87
RGB	rgb(83, 155, 135)
HSL	hsl(163, 30%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(163, 46%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 0%, 12.9%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.00, -27.58, 3.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.00, 27.80, 172.75°)
OKLab	oklab(63.65% -0.0788 0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(63.65% 0.079 173.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.6600, 27.0294, 27.0982)
Luminance	0.2703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#539B87 #9B5367

analogous

#539B63 #539B87 #538B9B

triadic

#539B87 #87539B #9B8753

tetradic

#539B87 #63539B #9B5367 #8B9B53

square

#539B87 #63539B #9B5367 #8B9B53

split-complementary

#539B87 #9B538B #9B6353

monochromatic

#284B42 #3E7364 #539B87 #76B5A4 #9ECBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#539B87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#539B87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #539B87

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##539B87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##539B87	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979386

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#389C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #539b87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 155, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.079 173.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b9a9',
    500: '#539b87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #539b87;
$custom-light: #88b9a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#539b87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.333,
    "s": 30.252,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63655,
    "c": 0.07928,
    "h": 173.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#539B87

secondary

#B8929C

accent

#617DC6

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #539B87

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

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