#539EAE#539EAE

#539EAE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.078 H 213.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#539EAE
RGB	rgb(83, 158, 174)
HSL	hsl(191, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(191, 52%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 9.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.09, -18.76, -15.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.09, 24.32, 219.53°)
OKLab	oklab(65.72% -0.0652 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(65.72% 0.078 213.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.4311, 29.3467, 44.4659)
Luminance	0.2935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#539EAE #AE6353

analogous

#53AE90 #539EAE #5371AE

triadic

#539EAE #AE539E #9EAE53

tetradic

#539EAE #9053AE #AE6353 #71AE53

square

#539EAE #9053AE #AE6353 #71AE53

split-complementary

#539EAE #AE5371 #AE9053

monochromatic

#2B535C #3F7985 #539EAE #7DB5C2 #A6CDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#539EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#539EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #539EAE

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##539EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##539EAE	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9299AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848FAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#13A5A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #539eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 158, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.078 213.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abac6',
    500: '#539eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #539eae;
$custom-light: #8abac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#539eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.549,
    "s": 35.968,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65723,
    "c": 0.07799,
    "h": 213.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#539EAE

secondary

#C3A19A

accent

#705CCC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #539EAE

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

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