#579BC9#579BC9

#579BC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.097 H 240.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#579BC9
RGB	rgb(87, 155, 201)
HSL	hsl(204, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(204, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 22.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.38, -8.17, -30.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.38, 31.27, 254.86°)
OKLab	oklab(66.34% -0.0487 -0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(66.34% 0.097 240)
XYZ	xyz(26.1905, 29.6836, 59.5963)
Luminance	0.2969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#579BC9 #C98557

analogous

#57C9BE #579BC9 #5762C9

triadic

#579BC9 #C9579B #9BC957

tetradic

#579BC9 #BE57C9 #C98557 #62C957

square

#579BC9 #BE57C9 #C98557 #62C957

split-complementary

#579BC9 #C95762 #C9BE57

monochromatic

#285B7D #377DAC #579BC9 #85B7D8 #B4D2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#579BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#579BC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #579BC9

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##579BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##579BC9	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869BCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778FC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #579bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(87, 155, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.097 240.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fb8d9',
    500: '#579bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #579bc9;
$custom-light: #8fb8d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#579bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 87,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.211,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66337,
    "c": 0.09748,
    "h": 240
  },
  "luminance": 0.29686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#579BC9

secondary

#D5B9A7

accent

#864DDB

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #579BC9

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

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