#579EAE#579EAE

#579EAE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.075 H 214.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#579EAE
RGB	rgb(87, 158, 174)
HSL	hsl(191, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(191, 50%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 9.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.25, -17.85, -15.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.25, 23.45, 220.44°)
OKLab	oklab(65.9% -0.0622 -0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(65.9% 0.075 214)
XYZ	xyz(23.7944, 29.5340, 44.4829)
Luminance	0.2954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#579EAE #AE6757

analogous

#57AE92 #579EAE #5772AE

triadic

#579EAE #AE579E #9EAE57

tetradic

#579EAE #9257AE #AE6757 #72AE57

square

#579EAE #9257AE #AE6757 #72AE57

split-complementary

#579EAE #AE5772 #AE9257

monochromatic

#2D555E #417A87 #579EAE #80B6C2 #AACED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#579EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#579EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #579EAE

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##579EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##579EAE	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929AAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858FAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24A4A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #579eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(87, 158, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.075 214.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbac6',
    500: '#579eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #579eae;
$custom-light: #8cbac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#579eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 87,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.034,
    "s": 34.94,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65899,
    "c": 0.07508,
    "h": 214
  },
  "luminance": 0.29536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#579EAE

secondary

#C4A49D

accent

#715DCB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #579EAE

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

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