#539B96#539B96

#539B96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.073 H 189.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#539B96
RGB	rgb(83, 155, 150)
HSL	hsl(176, 30%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(176, 46%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 0%, 3.2%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.42, -23.81, -4.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.42, 24.21, 190.45°)
OKLab	oklab(64.13% -0.0719 -0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(64.13% 0.073 189.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.7914, 27.4820, 33.0572)
Luminance	0.2748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#539B96 #9B5358

analogous

#539B72 #539B96 #537C9B

triadic

#539B96 #96539B #9B9653

tetradic

#539B96 #72539B #9B5358 #7C9B53

square

#539B96 #72539B #9B5358 #7C9B53

split-complementary

#539B96 #9B537C #9B7253

monochromatic

#284B49 #3E736F #539B96 #76B5B1 #9ECBC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#539B96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#539B96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #539B96

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##539B96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##539B96	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949496

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888B97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F9E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #539b96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 155, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.073 189.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b8b4',
    500: '#539b96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #539b96;
$custom-light: #88b8b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#539b96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.833,
    "s": 30.252,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64129,
    "c": 0.07296,
    "h": 189.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#539B96

secondary

#B89294

accent

#6168C6

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #539B96

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

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