#579A87#579A87

#579A87 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.075 H 173.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#579A87
RGB	rgb(87, 154, 135)
HSL	hsl(163, 28%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(163, 44%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 0%, 12.3%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.87, -26.02, 3.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.87, 26.23, 172.69°)
OKLab	oklab(63.6% -0.0744 0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(63.6% 0.075 173.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.8575, 26.8853, 27.0599)
Luminance	0.2689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#579A87 #9A576A

analogous

#579A66 #579A87 #578C9A

triadic

#579A87 #87579A #9A8757

tetradic

#579A87 #66579A #9A576A #8C9A57

square

#579A87 #66579A #9A576A #8C9A57

split-complementary

#579A87 #9A578C #9A6657

monochromatic

#2B4C42 #417365 #579A87 #7AB4A4 #A1CABF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#579A87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#579A87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #579A87

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##579A87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##579A87	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969286

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#409B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #579a87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(87, 154, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.075 173.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab8a9',
    500: '#579a87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #579a87;
$custom-light: #8ab8a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#579a87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 87,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.985,
    "s": 27.801,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63595,
    "c": 0.0749,
    "h": 173.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#579A87

secondary

#B8959F

accent

#647FC4

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #579A87

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

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