#579B8A#579B8A

#579B8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.074 H 175.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#579B8A
RGB	rgb(87, 155, 138)
HSL	hsl(165, 28%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(165, 44%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 0%, 11%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.25, -25.80, 2.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.25, 25.89, 175.13°)
OKLab	oklab(63.93% -0.0743 0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(63.93% 0.074 175.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.2374, 27.3024, 28.2433)
Luminance	0.2730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#579B8A #9B5768

analogous

#579B68 #579B8A #578A9B

triadic

#579B8A #8A579B #9B8A57

tetradic

#579B8A #68579B #9B5768 #8A9B57

square

#579B8A #68579B #9B5768 #8A9B57

split-complementary

#579B8A #9B578A #9B6857

monochromatic

#2B4D44 #417467 #579B8A #7BB5A6 #A2CBC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#579B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#579B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #579B8A

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##579B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##579B8A	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979389

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F9D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #579b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(87, 155, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.074 175.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab9ac',
    500: '#579b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #579b8a;
$custom-light: #8ab9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#579b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 87,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 28.099,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63932,
    "c": 0.07448,
    "h": 175.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#579B8A

secondary

#B8969E

accent

#637CC4

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #579B8A

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

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