#517B68#517B68

#517B68 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.056 H 164.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#517B68
RGB	rgb(81, 123, 104)
HSL	hsl(153, 21%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(153, 34%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 0%, 15.4%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.15, -19.07, 5.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.15, 19.93, 163.12°)
OKLab	oklab(54.61% -0.0536 0.0149)
OKLCH	oklch(54.61% 0.056 164.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.9741, 16.9140, 15.6751)
Luminance	0.1691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#517B68 #7B5164

analogous

#517B53 #517B68 #51797B

triadic

#517B68 #68517B #7B6851

tetradic

#517B68 #53517B #7B5164 #797B51

square

#517B68 #53517B #7B5164 #797B51

split-complementary

#517B68 #7B5179 #7B5351

monochromatic

#20312A #395649 #517B68 #6B9E87 #90B6A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#517B68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#517B68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #517B68

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##517B68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##517B68	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797567

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727069

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#477B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #517b68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 123, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.056 164.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a193',
    500: '#517b68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #517b68;
$custom-light: #83a193;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#517b68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.857,
    "s": 20.588,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54612,
    "c": 0.05566,
    "h": 164.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#517B68

secondary

#A38492

accent

#6B90BD

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F1

border

#CACCCB

text

#0B0F0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #517B68

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

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