#539B9C#539B9C

#539B9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.072 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#539B9C
RGB	rgb(83, 155, 156)
HSL	hsl(181, 31%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(181, 47%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 0.6%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.60, -22.21, -7.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.60, 23.45, 198.72°)
OKLab	oklab(64.33% -0.0693 -0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(64.33% 0.072 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.2870, 27.6802, 35.6671)
Luminance	0.2768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#539B9C #9C5453

analogous

#539C79 #539B9C #53779C

triadic

#539B9C #9C539B #9B9C53

tetradic

#539B9C #79539C #9C5453 #779C53

square

#539B9C #79539C #9C5453 #779C53

split-complementary

#539B9C #9C5377 #9C7953

monochromatic

#284C4C #3E7374 #539B9C #76B5B6 #9ECBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#539B9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#539B9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #539B9C

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##539B9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##539B9C	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93959C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868C9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B9F9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #539b9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 155, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.072 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b8b9',
    500: '#539b9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #539b9c;
$custom-light: #89b8b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#539b9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.822,
    "s": 30.544,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64335,
    "c": 0.07232,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#539B9C

secondary

#B99392

accent

#6261C7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #539B9C

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

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