#539C8D#539C8D

#539C8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.077 H 178.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#539C8D
RGB	rgb(83, 156, 141)
HSL	hsl(168, 31%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(168, 47%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 0%, 9.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.47, -26.61, 0.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.47, 26.62, 178.30°)
OKLab	oklab(64.09% -0.0772 0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(64.09% 0.077 178.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.2615, 27.5374, 29.4417)
Luminance	0.2754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#539C8D #9C5362

analogous

#539C69 #539C8D #53879C

triadic

#539C8D #8D539C #9C8D53

tetradic

#539C8D #69539C #9C5362 #879C53

square

#539C8D #69539C #9C5362 #879C53

split-complementary

#539C8D #9C5387 #9C6953

monochromatic

#284C45 #3E7469 #539C8D #76B6A9 #9ECBC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#539C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#539C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #539C8D

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##539C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##539C8D	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97948C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8C8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#359E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #539c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 156, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.077 178.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b9ae',
    500: '#539c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #539c8d;
$custom-light: #88b9ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#539c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.671,
    "s": 30.544,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64086,
    "c": 0.07724,
    "h": 178.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#539C8D

secondary

#B9929A

accent

#6176C7

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #539C8D

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

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