#539C8A#539C8A

#539C8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.079 H 175.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#539C8A
RGB	rgb(83, 156, 138)
HSL	hsl(165, 31%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(165, 47%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 0%, 11.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.39, -27.35, 2.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.39, 27.45, 175.05°)
OKLab	oklab(63.99% -0.0786 0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(63.99% 0.079 175.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.0413, 27.4493, 28.2820)
Luminance	0.2745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#539C8A #9C5365

analogous

#539C65 #539C8A #538A9C

triadic

#539C8A #8A539C #9C8A53

tetradic

#539C8A #65539C #9C5365 #8A9C53

square

#539C8A #65539C #9C5365 #8A9C53

split-complementary

#539C8A #9C538A #9C6553

monochromatic

#284C43 #3E7467 #539C8A #76B6A6 #9ECBC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#539C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#539C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #539C8A

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##539C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##539C8A	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979489

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#379E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #539c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 156, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.079 175.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b9ac',
    500: '#539c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #539c8a;
$custom-light: #88b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#539c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.205,
    "s": 30.544,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63994,
    "c": 0.07883,
    "h": 175.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#539C8A

secondary

#B9929C

accent

#617AC7

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #539C8A

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

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