#579BAE#579BAE

#579BAE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.074 H 218.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#579BAE
RGB	rgb(87, 155, 174)
HSL	hsl(193, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(193, 50%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 10.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.36, -16.25, -16.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.36, 23.21, 225.54°)
OKLab	oklab(65.19% -0.0587 -0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(65.19% 0.074 218)
XYZ	xyz(23.2889, 28.5230, 44.3144)
Luminance	0.2853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#579BAE #AE6A57

analogous

#57AE95 #579BAE #576FAE

triadic

#579BAE #AE579B #9BAE57

tetradic

#579BAE #9557AE #AE6A57 #6FAE57

square

#579BAE #9557AE #AE6A57 #6FAE57

split-complementary

#579BAE #AE576F #AE9557

monochromatic

#2D535E #417887 #579BAE #80B4C2 #AACCD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#579BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#579BAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #579BAE

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##579BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##579BAE	1.00	3.13	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.13	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)

#8F97AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818DAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25A2A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #579bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(87, 155, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.074 218.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb8c6',
    500: '#579bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #579bae;
$custom-light: #8cb8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#579bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 87,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.103,
    "s": 34.94,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65186,
    "c": 0.07441,
    "h": 218
  },
  "luminance": 0.28525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#579BAE

secondary

#C4A69D

accent

#755DCB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #579BAE

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

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