#517B5F#517B5F

#517B5F is a mid, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.064 H 154.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#517B5F
RGB	rgb(81, 123, 95)
HSL	hsl(140, 21%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(140, 34%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 0%, 22.8%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.93, -21.02, 10.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.93, 23.61, 152.90°)
OKLab	oklab(54.36% -0.058 0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(54.36% 0.064 154.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.5411, 16.7408, 13.3948)
Luminance	0.1674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#517B5F #7B516D

analogous

#587B51 #517B5F #517B74

triadic

#517B5F #5F517B #7B5F51

tetradic

#517B5F #51587B #7B516D #7B7451

square

#517B5F #51587B #7B516D #7B7451

split-complementary

#517B5F #74517B #7B5158

monochromatic

#203126 #395643 #517B5F #6B9E7C #90B69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#517B5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#517B5F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #517B5F

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##517B5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##517B5F	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B755D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A7A73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #517b5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 123, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.064 154.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a18c',
    500: '#517b5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #517b5f;
$custom-light: #83a18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#517b5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 140,
    "s": 20.588,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54363,
    "c": 0.06419,
    "h": 154.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#517B5F

secondary

#A38499

accent

#6BA2BD

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#EFF2F0

border

#CACCCB

text

#0B0F0C

muted

#7C7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #517B5F

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

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