#579A8D#579A8D

#579A8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.072 H 180.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#579A8D
RGB	rgb(87, 154, 141)
HSL	hsl(168, 28%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(168, 44%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 0%, 8.4%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.03, -24.57, 0.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.03, 24.57, 179.61°)
OKLab	oklab(63.78% -0.0717 0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(63.78% 0.072 180)
XYZ	xyz(20.2919, 27.0590, 29.3478)
Luminance	0.2706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#579A8D #9A5764

analogous

#579A6B #579A8D #57869A

triadic

#579A8D #8D579A #9A8D57

tetradic

#579A8D #6B579A #9A5764 #869A57

square

#579A8D #6B579A #9A5764 #869A57

split-complementary

#579A8D #9A5786 #9A6B57

monochromatic

#2B4C45 #417369 #579A8D #7AB4A9 #A1CAC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#579A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#579A8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #579A8D

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##579A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##579A8D	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95938C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8B8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D9C96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #579a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(87, 154, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.072 180.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab8ae',
    500: '#579a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #579a8d;
$custom-light: #8ab8ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#579a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 87,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.358,
    "s": 27.801,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63778,
    "c": 0.07166,
    "h": 180
  },
  "luminance": 0.27061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#579A8D

secondary

#B8959C

accent

#6476C4

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #579A8D

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

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