#579DC9#579DC9

#579DC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.096 H 238.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#579DC9
RGB	rgb(87, 157, 201)
HSL	hsl(203, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(203, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 21.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.96, -9.28, -29.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.96, 30.73, 252.42°)
OKLab	oklab(66.8% -0.0509 -0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(66.8% 0.096 238.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.5261, 30.3548, 59.7082)
Luminance	0.3036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#579DC9 #C98357

analogous

#57C9BC #579DC9 #5764C9

triadic

#579DC9 #C9579D #9DC957

tetradic

#579DC9 #BC57C9 #C98357 #64C957

square

#579DC9 #BC57C9 #C98357 #64C957

split-complementary

#579DC9 #C95764 #C9BC57

monochromatic

#285C7D #377FAC #579DC9 #85B8D8 #B4D3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#579DC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#579DC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #579DC9

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##579DC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##579DC9	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899CCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7991C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #579dc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(87, 157, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.096 238.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fb9d9',
    500: '#579dc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #579dc9;
$custom-light: #8fb9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#579dc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 87,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.158,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66795,
    "c": 0.09641,
    "h": 238.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#579DC9

secondary

#D5B9A7

accent

#844DDB

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #579DC9

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

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