#579BAD#579BAD

#579BAD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.074 H 216.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#579BAD
RGB	rgb(87, 155, 173)
HSL	hsl(193, 34%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(193, 50%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 10.4%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.32, -16.54, -16.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.32, 23.05, 224.14°)
OKLab	oklab(65.15% -0.0591 -0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(65.15% 0.074 216.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.1918, 28.4841, 43.8029)
Luminance	0.2849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#579BAD #AD6957

analogous

#57AD94 #579BAD #5770AD

triadic

#579BAD #AD579B #9BAD57

tetradic

#579BAD #9457AD #AD6957 #70AD57

square

#579BAD #9457AD #AD6957 #70AD57

split-complementary

#579BAD #AD5770 #AD9457

monochromatic

#2D535C #417786 #579BAD #80B3C1 #A9CCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#579BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#579BAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #579BAD

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##579BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##579BAD	1.00	3.14	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F97AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828DAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26A2A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #579bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(87, 155, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.074 216.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb8c5',
    500: '#579bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #579bad;
$custom-light: #8cb8c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#579bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 87,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.558,
    "s": 34.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65147,
    "c": 0.07387,
    "h": 216.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#579BAD

secondary

#C3A59D

accent

#745DCA

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #579BAD

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

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