#517B79#517B79

#517B79 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.047 H 192.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#517B79
RGB	rgb(81, 123, 121)
HSL	hsl(177, 21%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(177, 34%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 0%, 1.6%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.63, -14.98, -3.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.63, 15.40, 193.34°)
OKLab	oklab(55.15% -0.0457 -0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(55.15% 0.047 192.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.9263, 17.2949, 20.6899)
Luminance	0.1730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#517B79 #7B5153

analogous

#517B64 #517B79 #51687B

triadic

#517B79 #79517B #7B7951

tetradic

#517B79 #64517B #7B5153 #687B51

square

#517B79 #64517B #7B5153 #687B51

split-complementary

#517B79 #7B5168 #7B6451

monochromatic

#203130 #395655 #517B79 #6B9E9B #90B6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#517B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#517B79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #517B79

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##517B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##517B79	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#767779

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7179

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#427D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #517b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 123, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.047 192.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a19f',
    500: '#517b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #517b79;
$custom-light: #84a19f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#517b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.143,
    "s": 20.588,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55154,
    "c": 0.04673,
    "h": 192.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#517B79

secondary

#A38486

accent

#6B6FBD

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F2

border

#CACCCC

text

#0B0F0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #517B79

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

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