#539B8E#539B8E

#539B8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.076 H 180.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#539B8E
RGB	rgb(83, 155, 142)
HSL	hsl(169, 30%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(169, 46%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 0%, 8.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.19, -25.86, -0.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.19, 25.86, 180.41°)
OKLab	oklab(63.87% -0.0756 -0.0009)
OKLCH	oklch(63.87% 0.076 180.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.1691, 27.2331, 29.7796)
Luminance	0.2723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#539B8E #9B5360

analogous

#539B6A #539B8E #53849B

triadic

#539B8E #8E539B #9B8E53

tetradic

#539B8E #6A539B #9B5360 #849B53

square

#539B8E #6A539B #9B5360 #849B53

split-complementary

#539B8E #9B5384 #9B6A53

monochromatic

#284B45 #3E7369 #539B8E #76B5AA #9ECBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#539B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#539B8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #539B8E

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##539B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##539B8E	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96948E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8B8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#359D97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #539b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 155, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.076 180.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b9af',
    500: '#539b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #539b8e;
$custom-light: #88b9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#539b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.167,
    "s": 30.252,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63869,
    "c": 0.07556,
    "h": 180.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#539B8E

secondary

#B89299

accent

#6174C6

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #539B8E

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

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