#579AAE#579AAE

#579AAE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.074 H 219.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#579AAE
RGB	rgb(87, 154, 174)
HSL	hsl(194, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(194, 50%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 11.5%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.06, -15.72, -17.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.06, 23.16, 227.27°)
OKLab	oklab(64.95% -0.0575 -0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(64.95% 0.074 219.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.1232, 28.1915, 44.2592)
Luminance	0.2819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#579AAE #AE6B57

analogous

#57AE96 #579AAE #576EAE

triadic

#579AAE #AE579A #9AAE57

tetradic

#579AAE #9657AE #AE6B57 #6EAE57

square

#579AAE #9657AE #AE6B57 #6EAE57

split-complementary

#579AAE #AE576E #AE9657

monochromatic

#2D525E #417787 #579AAE #80B3C2 #AACCD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#579AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#579AAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #579AAE

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##579AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##579AAE	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D96AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808CAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26A1A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #579aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(87, 154, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.074 219.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb7c6',
    500: '#579aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #579aae;
$custom-light: #8cb7c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#579aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 87,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.793,
    "s": 34.94,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64949,
    "c": 0.07428,
    "h": 219.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#579AAE

secondary

#C4A69D

accent

#765DCB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #579AAE

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

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