#517B83#517B83

#517B83 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.048 H 210.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#517B83
RGB	rgb(81, 123, 131)
HSL	hsl(190, 24%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(190, 38%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.2%, 6.1%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.95, -12.35, -8.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.95, 15.27, 216.02°)
OKLab	oklab(55.52% -0.0413 -0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(55.52% 0.048 210.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.5716, 17.5530, 24.0886)
Luminance	0.1755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#517B83 #835951

analogous

#518372 #517B83 #516283

triadic

#517B83 #83517B #7B8351

tetradic

#517B83 #725183 #835951 #628351

square

#517B83 #725183 #835951 #628351

split-complementary

#517B83 #835162 #837251

monochromatic

#223437 #3A575D #517B83 #6D9CA5 #92B5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#517B83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#517B83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #517B83

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##517B83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##517B83	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#747884

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7283

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E7F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #517b83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 123, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.048 210.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a1a7',
    500: '#517b83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #517b83;
$custom-light: #84a1a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#517b83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.6,
    "s": 23.585,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55515,
    "c": 0.04807,
    "h": 210.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#517B83

secondary

#A98C87

accent

#7668C0

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF2F4

border

#CACCCE

text

#0B0F0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #517B83

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

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