#539C8F#539C8F

#539C8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.076 H 180.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#539C8F
RGB	rgb(83, 156, 143)
HSL	hsl(169, 31%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(169, 47%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 0%, 8.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.52, -26.11, -0.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.52, 26.11, 180.58°)
OKLab	oklab(64.15% -0.0763 -0.0011)
OKLCH	oklch(64.15% 0.076 180.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.4116, 27.5975, 30.2325)
Luminance	0.2760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#539C8F #9C5360

analogous

#539C6B #539C8F #53859C

triadic

#539C8F #8F539C #9C8F53

tetradic

#539C8F #6B539C #9C5360 #859C53

square

#539C8F #6B539C #9C5360 #859C53

split-complementary

#539C8F #9C5385 #9C6B53

monochromatic

#284C46 #3E746A #539C8F #76B6AB #9ECBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#539C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#539C8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #539C8F

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##539C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##539C8F	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)

#96958F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8C90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#349E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #539c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 156, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.076 180.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b9af',
    500: '#539c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #539c8f;
$custom-light: #88b9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#539c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.315,
    "s": 30.544,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64148,
    "c": 0.07631,
    "h": 180.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#539C8F

secondary

#B99299

accent

#6173C7

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #539C8F

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

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