#1579A0#1579A0

#1579A0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.103 H 231.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1579A0
RGB	rgb(21, 121, 160)
HSL	hsl(197, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(197, 87%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.9%, 24.4%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.46, -12.71, -28.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.46, 31.21, 245.96°)
OKLab	oklab(54.14% -0.065 -0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(54.14% 0.103 231)
XYZ	xyz(13.4892, 16.3705, 35.6998)
Luminance	0.1637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1579A0 #A03C15

analogous

#15A082 #1579A0 #1533A0

triadic

#1579A0 #A01579 #79A015

tetradic

#1579A0 #8215A0 #A03C15 #33A015

square

#1579A0 #8215A0 #A03C15 #33A015

split-complementary

#1579A0 #A01533 #A08215

monochromatic

#072734 #0E506A #1579A0 #1CA2D6 #48BBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#1579A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#1579A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #1579A0

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1579A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##1579A0	1.00	4.91	4.27	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6577A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#536B9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1579a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 121, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.103 231.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e9fbc',
    500: '#1579a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1579a0;
$custom-light: #6e9fbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1579a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.835,
    "s": 76.796,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54142,
    "c": 0.10341,
    "h": 231
  },
  "luminance": 0.16372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1579A0

secondary

#C86C49

accent

#6A34F3

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090E12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #1579A0

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

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