#539B8D#539B8D

#539B8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.076 H 179.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#539B8D
RGB	rgb(83, 155, 141)
HSL	hsl(168, 30%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(168, 46%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 0%, 9%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.16, -26.11, 0.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.16, 26.11, 179.25°)
OKLab	oklab(63.84% -0.076 0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(63.84% 0.076 179.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.0944, 27.2032, 29.3860)
Luminance	0.2721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#539B8D #9B5361

analogous

#539B69 #539B8D #53859B

triadic

#539B8D #8D539B #9B8D53

tetradic

#539B8D #69539B #9B5361 #859B53

square

#539B8D #69539B #9B5361 #859B53

split-complementary

#539B8D #9B5385 #9B6953

monochromatic

#284B44 #3E7369 #539B8D #76B5A9 #9ECBC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#539B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#539B8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #539B8D

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##539B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##539B8D	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96948C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8B8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#359D97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #539b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 155, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.076 179.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b9ae',
    500: '#539b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #539b8d;
$custom-light: #88b9ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#539b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.333,
    "s": 30.252,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63838,
    "c": 0.07601,
    "h": 179.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#539B8D

secondary

#B89299

accent

#6175C6

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #539B8D

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

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