#579E97#579E97

#579E97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.073 H 187.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#579E97
RGB	rgb(87, 158, 151)
HSL	hsl(174, 29%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(174, 45%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.9%, 0%, 4.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.53, -24.07, -3.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.53, 24.30, 187.81°)
OKLab	oklab(65.08% -0.0721 -0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(65.08% 0.073 187.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.7410, 28.7126, 33.6686)
Luminance	0.2871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#579E97 #9E575E

analogous

#579E73 #579E97 #57819E

triadic

#579E97 #97579E #9E9757

tetradic

#579E97 #73579E #9E575E #819E57

square

#579E97 #73579E #9E575E #819E57

split-complementary

#579E97 #9E5781 #9E7357

monochromatic

#2C4F4C #417771 #579E97 #7CB7B1 #A3CCC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#579E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#579E97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #579E97

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##579E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##579E97	1.00	3.11	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979797

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8E98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37A19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #579e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(87, 158, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.073 187.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbbb5',
    500: '#579e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #579e97;
$custom-light: #8bbbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#579e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 87,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.085,
    "s": 28.98,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65079,
    "c": 0.07265,
    "h": 187.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#579E97

secondary

#BA979A

accent

#636CC5

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #579E97

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

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