#579C8D#579C8D

#579C8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.074 H 178.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#579C8D
RGB	rgb(87, 156, 141)
HSL	hsl(167, 28%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(167, 44%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.2%, 0%, 9.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.64, -25.57, 1.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.64, 25.59, 177.63°)
OKLab	oklab(64.27% -0.0741 0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(64.27% 0.074 178.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.6247, 27.7247, 29.4587)
Luminance	0.2773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#579C8D #9C5766

analogous

#579C6B #579C8D #57889C

triadic

#579C8D #8D579C #9C8D57

tetradic

#579C8D #6B579C #9C5766 #889C57

square

#579C8D #6B579C #9C5766 #889C57

split-complementary

#579C8D #9C5788 #9C6B57

monochromatic

#2B4D46 #417569 #579C8D #7BB5A9 #A2CBC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#579C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#579C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #579C8D

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##579C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##579C8D	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97958C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8C8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D9E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #579c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(87, 156, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.074 178.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab9ae',
    500: '#579c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #579c8d;
$custom-light: #8ab9ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#579c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 87,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.957,
    "s": 28.395,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6427,
    "c": 0.07418,
    "h": 178.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#579C8D

secondary

#B9969E

accent

#6378C5

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #579C8D

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

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