#579D8A#579D8A

#579D8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.077 H 174.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#579D8A
RGB	rgb(87, 157, 138)
HSL	hsl(164, 29%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(164, 45%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.6%, 0%, 12.1%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.86, -26.80, 3.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.86, 26.97, 173.44°)
OKLab	oklab(64.43% -0.0767 0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(64.43% 0.077 174.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.5730, 27.9736, 28.3552)
Luminance	0.2797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#579D8A #9D576A

analogous

#579D67 #579D8A #578D9D

triadic

#579D8A #8A579D #9D8A57

tetradic

#579D8A #67579D #9D576A #8D9D57

square

#579D8A #67579D #9D576A #8D9D57

split-complementary

#579D8A #9D578D #9D6757

monochromatic

#2B4E45 #417667 #579D8A #7BB6A6 #A3CCC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#579D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#579D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #579D8A

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##579D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##579D8A	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999589

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E9E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #579d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(87, 157, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.077 174.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abaac',
    500: '#579d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #579d8a;
$custom-light: #8abaac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#579d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 87,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.714,
    "s": 28.689,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64426,
    "c": 0.07714,
    "h": 174.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#579D8A

secondary

#B996A0

accent

#637DC5

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #579D8A

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

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