#517B77#517B77

#517B77 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.047 H 188.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#517B77
RGB	rgb(81, 123, 119)
HSL	hsl(174, 21%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(174, 34%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 0%, 3.3%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.57, -15.49, -2.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.57, 15.68, 189.02°)
OKLab	oklab(55.08% -0.0466 -0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(55.08% 0.047 188.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.8049, 17.2463, 20.0506)
Luminance	0.1725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#517B77 #7B5155

analogous

#517B62 #517B77 #516A7B

triadic

#517B77 #77517B #7B7751

tetradic

#517B77 #62517B #7B5155 #6A7B51

square

#517B77 #62517B #7B5155 #6A7B51

split-complementary

#517B77 #7B516A #7B6251

monochromatic

#203130 #395653 #517B77 #6B9E99 #90B6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#517B77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#517B77 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #517B77

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##517B77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##517B77	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777777

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7178

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#427D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #517b77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 123, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.047 188.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a19e',
    500: '#517b77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #517b77;
$custom-light: #84a19e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#517b77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.286,
    "s": 20.588,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55085,
    "c": 0.0471,
    "h": 188.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#517B77

secondary

#A38487

accent

#6B72BD

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F2

border

#CACCCC

text

#0B0F0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #517B77

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

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