#517A7B#517A7B

#517A7B is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.046 H 197.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#517A7B
RGB	rgb(81, 122, 123)
HSL	hsl(181, 21%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(181, 34%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 0.8%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.38, -13.91, -5.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.38, 14.82, 200.12°)
OKLab	oklab(54.98% -0.0434 -0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(54.98% 0.046 197.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.9268, 17.0976, 21.3014)
Luminance	0.1710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#517A7B #7B5251

analogous

#517B67 #517A7B #51657B

triadic

#517A7B #7B517A #7A7B51

tetradic

#517A7B #67517B #7B5251 #657B51

square

#517A7B #67517B #7B5251 #657B51

split-complementary

#517A7B #7B5165 #7B6751

monochromatic

#203131 #395556 #517A7B #6B9D9E #90B5B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#517A7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#517A7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #517A7B

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##517A7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##517A7B	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#75767B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D707B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#417D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #517a7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 122, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.046 197.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a0a1',
    500: '#517a7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #517a7b;
$custom-light: #84a0a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#517a7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.429,
    "s": 20.588,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54977,
    "c": 0.04563,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#517A7B

secondary

#A38584

accent

#6D6BBD

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F2

border

#CACCCC

text

#0B0E0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #517A7B

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

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