#539B88#539B88

#539B88 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.079 H 174.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#539B88
RGB	rgb(83, 155, 136)
HSL	hsl(164, 30%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(164, 46%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 0%, 12.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.03, -27.34, 2.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.03, 27.50, 173.78°)
OKLab	oklab(63.69% -0.0783 0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(63.69% 0.079 174.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.7307, 27.0577, 27.4707)
Luminance	0.2706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#539B88 #9B5366

analogous

#539B64 #539B88 #538A9B

triadic

#539B88 #88539B #9B8853

tetradic

#539B88 #64539B #9B5366 #8A9B53

square

#539B88 #64539B #9B5366 #8A9B53

split-complementary

#539B88 #9B538A #9B6453

monochromatic

#284B42 #3E7365 #539B88 #76B5A5 #9ECBBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#539B88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#539B88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #539B88

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##539B88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##539B88	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)

#979387

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8B89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#389C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #539b88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 155, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.079 174.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b9aa',
    500: '#539b88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #539b88;
$custom-light: #88b9aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#539b88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.167,
    "s": 30.252,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63685,
    "c": 0.07868,
    "h": 174.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#539B88

secondary

#B8929C

accent

#617CC6

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #539B88

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

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