#579E89#579E89

#579E89 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.079 H 172.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#579E89
RGB	rgb(87, 158, 137)
HSL	hsl(162, 29%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(162, 45%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.9%, 0%, 13.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.14, -27.53, 4.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.14, 27.82, 171.63°)
OKLab	oklab(64.64% -0.0784 0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(64.64% 0.079 172.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.6709, 28.2845, 28.0323)
Luminance	0.2829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#579E89 #9E576C

analogous

#579E65 #579E89 #578F9E

triadic

#579E89 #89579E #9E8957

tetradic

#579E89 #65579E #9E576C #8F9E57

square

#579E89 #65579E #9E576C #8F9E57

split-complementary

#579E89 #9E578F #9E6557

monochromatic

#2C4F45 #417767 #579E89 #7CB7A5 #A3CCC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#579E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#579E89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #579E89

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##579E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##579E89	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9688

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8E8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E9F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #579e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(87, 158, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.079 172.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abbab',
    500: '#579e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #579e89;
$custom-light: #8abbab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#579e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 87,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.254,
    "s": 28.98,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64644,
    "c": 0.07911,
    "h": 172.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#579E89

secondary

#BA97A1

accent

#6380C5

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1210

muted

#7D817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #579E89

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

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