#57959B#57959B

#57959B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.065 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#57959B
RGB	rgb(87, 149, 155)
HSL	hsl(185, 28%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(185, 44%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 3.9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.93, -18.36, -9.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.93, 20.64, 207.19°)
OKLab	oklab(63.03% -0.0592 -0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(63.03% 0.065 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.5921, 25.8861, 34.9154)
Luminance	0.2589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#57959B #9B5D57

analogous

#579B7F #57959B #57739B

triadic

#57959B #9B5795 #959B57

tetradic

#57959B #7F579B #9B5D57 #739B57

square

#57959B #7F579B #9B5D57 #739B57

split-complementary

#57959B #9B5773 #9B7F57

monochromatic

#2B4A4D #416F74 #57959B #7BB0B5 #A2C7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#57959B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#57959B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #57959B

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##57959B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##57959B	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C909B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81889B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#379997

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #57959b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(87, 149, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.065 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb4b8',
    500: '#57959b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #57959b;
$custom-light: #8bb4b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#57959b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 87,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.294,
    "s": 28.099,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63032,
    "c": 0.06468,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#57959B

secondary

#B89996

accent

#6C63C4

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #57959B

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

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