#517B7A#517B7A

#517B7A is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.047 H 194.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#517B7A
RGB	rgb(81, 123, 122)
HSL	hsl(179, 21%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(179, 34%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 0%, 0.8%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.66, -14.73, -4.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.66, 15.29, 195.55°)
OKLab	oklab(55.19% -0.0452 -0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(55.19% 0.047 194)
XYZ	xyz(13.9879, 17.3196, 21.0145)
Luminance	0.1732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#517B7A #7B5152

analogous

#517B65 #517B7A #51677B

triadic

#517B7A #7A517B #7B7A51

tetradic

#517B7A #65517B #7B5152 #677B51

square

#517B7A #65517B #7B5152 #677B51

split-complementary

#517B7A #7B5167 #7B6551

monochromatic

#203131 #395655 #517B7A #6B9E9D #90B6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#517B7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#517B7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #517B7A

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##517B7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##517B7A	1.00	4.70	4.46	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76777A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E717A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#417D7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #517b7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 123, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.047 194.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a1a0',
    500: '#517b7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #517b7a;
$custom-light: #84a1a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#517b7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.571,
    "s": 20.588,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55188,
    "c": 0.04662,
    "h": 194
  },
  "luminance": 0.1732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#517B7A

secondary

#A38485

accent

#6B6DBD

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F2

border

#CACCCC

text

#0B0F0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #517B7A

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

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