#539D88#539D88

#539D88 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.081 H 173.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#539D88
RGB	rgb(83, 157, 136)
HSL	hsl(163, 31%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(163, 47%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 0%, 13.4%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.64, -28.32, 3.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.64, 28.59, 172.22°)
OKLab	oklab(64.18% -0.0807 0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(64.18% 0.081 173.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.0663, 27.7289, 27.5826)
Luminance	0.2773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#539D88 #9D5368

analogous

#539D63 #539D88 #538D9D

triadic

#539D88 #88539D #9D8853

tetradic

#539D88 #63539D #9D5368 #8D9D53

square

#539D88 #63539D #9D5368 #8D9D53

split-complementary

#539D88 #9D538D #9D6353

monochromatic

#294D43 #3E7565 #539D88 #76B7A5 #9ECCBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#539D88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#539D88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #539D88

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##539D88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##539D88	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999587

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8C89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#379E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #539d88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 157, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.081 173.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88baaa',
    500: '#539d88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #539d88;
$custom-light: #88baaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#539d88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.973,
    "s": 30.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64183,
    "c": 0.08134,
    "h": 173.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#539D88

secondary

#B9939E

accent

#617EC7

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #539D88

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

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