#579E8D#579E8D

#579E8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.077 H 176.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#579E8D
RGB	rgb(87, 158, 141)
HSL	hsl(166, 29%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(166, 45%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.9%, 0%, 10.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.25, -26.57, 1.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.25, 26.64, 175.81°)
OKLab	oklab(64.76% -0.0766 0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(64.76% 0.077 176.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.9631, 28.4014, 29.5715)
Luminance	0.2840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#579E8D #9E5768

analogous

#579E69 #579E8D #578B9E

triadic

#579E8D #8D579E #9E8D57

tetradic

#579E8D #69579E #9E5768 #8B9E57

square

#579E8D #69579E #9E5768 #8B9E57

split-complementary

#579E8D #9E578B #9E6957

monochromatic

#2C4F47 #41776A #579E8D #7CB7A8 #A3CCC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#579E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#579E8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #579E8D

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##579E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##579E8D	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99968C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8E8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3CA099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #579e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(87, 158, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.077 176.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbbae',
    500: '#579e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #579e8d;
$custom-light: #8bbbae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#579e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 87,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.634,
    "s": 28.98,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64763,
    "c": 0.07675,
    "h": 176.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#579E8D

secondary

#BA979F

accent

#637AC5

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1210

muted

#7D817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #579E8D

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

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