#539B99#539B99

#539B99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.072 H 193.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#539B99
RGB	rgb(83, 155, 153)
HSL	hsl(178, 30%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(178, 46%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 0%, 1.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.51, -23.02, -5.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.51, 23.78, 194.52°)
OKLab	oklab(64.23% -0.0706 -0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(64.23% 0.073 193.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.0361, 27.5799, 34.3457)
Luminance	0.2758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#539B99 #9B5355

analogous

#539B75 #539B99 #53799B

triadic

#539B99 #99539B #9B9953

tetradic

#539B99 #75539B #9B5355 #799B53

square

#539B99 #75539B #9B5355 #799B53

split-complementary

#539B99 #9B5379 #9B7553

monochromatic

#284B4A #3E7372 #539B99 #76B5B4 #9ECBCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#539B99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#539B99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #539B99

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##539B99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##539B99	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878B9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D9F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #539b99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 155, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.072 193.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b8b7',
    500: '#539b99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #539b99;
$custom-light: #89b8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#539b99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.333,
    "s": 30.252,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64231,
    "c": 0.0725,
    "h": 193.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#539B99

secondary

#B89293

accent

#6164C6

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #539B99

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

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