#539D8D#539D8D

#539D8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.078 H 177.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#539D8D
RGB	rgb(83, 157, 141)
HSL	hsl(167, 31%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(167, 47%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 0%, 10.2%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.78, -27.11, 1.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.78, 27.13, 177.39°)
OKLab	oklab(64.33% -0.0784 0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(64.33% 0.078 177.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.4300, 27.8744, 29.4978)
Luminance	0.2788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#539D8D #9D5363

analogous

#539D68 #539D8D #53889D

triadic

#539D8D #8D539D #9D8D53

tetradic

#539D8D #68539D #9D5363 #889D53

square

#539D8D #68539D #9D5363 #889D53

split-complementary

#539D8D #9D5388 #9D6853

monochromatic

#294D45 #3E7569 #539D8D #76B7A9 #9ECCC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#539D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#539D8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #539D8D

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##539D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##539D8D	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98958C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8C8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#359F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #539d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 157, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.078 177.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88baae',
    500: '#539d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #539d8d;
$custom-light: #88baae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#539d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.027,
    "s": 30.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64333,
    "c": 0.07848,
    "h": 177.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#539D8D

secondary

#B9939B

accent

#6177C7

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #539D8D

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

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