#539B8A#539B8A

#539B8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.078 H 176.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#539B8A
RGB	rgb(83, 155, 138)
HSL	hsl(166, 30%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(166, 46%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 0%, 11%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.08, -26.85, 1.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.08, 26.92, 175.90°)
OKLab	oklab(63.75% -0.0774 0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(63.75% 0.078 176.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.8742, 27.1151, 28.2263)
Luminance	0.2712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#539B8A #9B5364

analogous

#539B66 #539B8A #53889B

triadic

#539B8A #8A539B #9B8A53

tetradic

#539B8A #66539B #9B5364 #889B53

square

#539B8A #66539B #9B5364 #889B53

split-complementary

#539B8A #9B5388 #9B6653

monochromatic

#284B43 #3E7367 #539B8A #76B5A6 #9ECBC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#539B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#539B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #539B8A

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##539B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##539B8A	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969389

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#379D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #539b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 155, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.078 176.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b9ac',
    500: '#539b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #539b8a;
$custom-light: #88b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#539b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.833,
    "s": 30.252,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63746,
    "c": 0.07753,
    "h": 176.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#539B8A

secondary

#B8929B

accent

#6179C6

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #539B8A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →