#517B6A#517B6A

#517B6A is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.054 H 167.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#517B6A
RGB	rgb(81, 123, 106)
HSL	hsl(156, 21%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(156, 34%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 0%, 13.8%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.20, -18.62, 4.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.20, 19.20, 165.88°)
OKLab	oklab(54.67% -0.0527 0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(54.67% 0.054 167.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.0769, 16.9551, 16.2165)
Luminance	0.1696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#517B6A #7B5162

analogous

#517B55 #517B6A #51777B

triadic

#517B6A #6A517B #7B6A51

tetradic

#517B6A #55517B #7B5162 #777B51

square

#517B6A #55517B #7B5162 #777B51

split-complementary

#517B6A #7B5177 #7B5551

monochromatic

#20312A #39564A #517B6A #6B9E89 #90B6A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#517B6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#517B6A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #517B6A

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##517B6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##517B6A	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797569

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72706B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#477B76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #517b6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 123, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.054 167.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a194',
    500: '#517b6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #517b6a;
$custom-light: #83a194;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#517b6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.714,
    "s": 20.588,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54671,
    "c": 0.05403,
    "h": 167.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#517B6A

secondary

#A38491

accent

#6B8CBD

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F1

border

#CACCCB

text

#0B0F0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #517B6A

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

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