#539E9C#539E9C

#539E9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.075 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#539E9C
RGB	rgb(83, 158, 156)
HSL	hsl(178, 31%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(178, 47%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 0%, 1.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.51, -23.75, -6.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.51, 24.54, 194.57°)
OKLab	oklab(65.07% -0.0729 -0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(65.07% 0.075 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.7925, 28.6912, 35.8356)
Luminance	0.2869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#539E9C #9E5355

analogous

#539E77 #539E9C #537B9E

triadic

#539E9C #9C539E #9E9C53

tetradic

#539E9C #77539E #9E5355 #7B9E53

square

#539E9C #77539E #9E5355 #7B9E53

split-complementary

#539E9C #9E537B #9E7753

monochromatic

#294E4D #3E7674 #539E9C #77B7B6 #9FCDCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#539E9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#539E9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #539E9C

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##539E9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##539E9C	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96989C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898E9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2AA29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #539e9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 158, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.075 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bbb9',
    500: '#539e9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #539e9c;
$custom-light: #89bbb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#539e9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.4,
    "s": 31.12,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65066,
    "c": 0.07485,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#539E9C

secondary

#BA9394

accent

#6063C7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #539E9C

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

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