#579A8A#579A8A

#579A8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.073 H 176.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#579A8A
RGB	rgb(87, 154, 138)
HSL	hsl(166, 28%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(166, 44%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 0%, 10.4%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.95, -25.30, 1.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.95, 25.36, 176.04°)
OKLab	oklab(63.69% -0.073 0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(63.69% 0.073 176.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.0717, 26.9709, 28.1881)
Luminance	0.2697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#579A8A #9A5767

analogous

#579A69 #579A8A #57889A

triadic

#579A8A #8A579A #9A8A57

tetradic

#579A8A #69579A #9A5767 #889A57

square

#579A8A #69579A #9A5767 #889A57

split-complementary

#579A8A #9A5788 #9A6957

monochromatic

#2B4C44 #417367 #579A8A #7AB4A6 #A1CAC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#579A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#579A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #579A8A

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##579A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##579A8A	1.00	3.28	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959389

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F9C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #579a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(87, 154, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.073 176.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab8ac',
    500: '#579a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #579a8a;
$custom-light: #8ab8ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#579a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 87,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.672,
    "s": 27.801,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63686,
    "c": 0.07315,
    "h": 176.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#579A8A

secondary

#B8959D

accent

#647BC4

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #579A8A

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

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