#517B7C#517B7C

#517B7C is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.047 H 197.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#517B7C
RGB	rgb(81, 123, 124)
HSL	hsl(181, 21%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(181, 35%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.7%, 0.8%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.72, -14.21, -5.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.72, 15.13, 200.05°)
OKLab	oklab(55.26% -0.0443 -0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(55.26% 0.047 197.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.1131, 17.3696, 21.6739)
Luminance	0.1737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#517B7C #7C5251

analogous

#517C67 #517B7C #51667C

triadic

#517B7C #7C517B #7B7C51

tetradic

#517B7C #67517C #7C5251 #667C51

square

#517B7C #67517C #7C5251 #667C51

split-complementary

#517B7C #7C5166 #7C6751

monochromatic

#213232 #395657 #517B7C #6C9D9F #91B6B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#517B7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#517B7C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #517B7C

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##517B7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##517B7C	1.00	4.69	4.47	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76777C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E717C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#417E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #517b7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 123, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.047 197.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a1a1',
    500: '#517b7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #517b7c;
$custom-light: #84a1a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#517b7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.395,
    "s": 20.976,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55259,
    "c": 0.04658,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#517B7C

secondary

#A48585

accent

#6C6ABE

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F2

border

#CACCCC

text

#0B0F0F

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #517B7C

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

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