#517C71#517C71

#517C71 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.051 H 176.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#517C71
RGB	rgb(81, 124, 113)
HSL	hsl(165, 21%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(165, 35%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.7%, 0%, 8.9%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.71, -17.51, 1.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.71, 17.56, 175.81°)
OKLab	oklab(55.14% -0.0507 0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(55.14% 0.051 176.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.5806, 17.3561, 18.2541)
Luminance	0.1736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#517C71 #7C515C

analogous

#517C5B #517C71 #51727C

triadic

#517C71 #71517C #7C7151

tetradic

#517C71 #5B517C #7C515C #727C51

square

#517C71 #5B517C #7C515C #727C51

split-complementary

#517C71 #7C5172 #7C5B51

monochromatic

#21322E #39574F #517C71 #6C9F92 #91B7AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#517C71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#517C71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #517C71

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##517C71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##517C71	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797771

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717172

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#447D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #517c71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 124, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.051 176.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a299',
    500: '#517c71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #517c71;
$custom-light: #83a299;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#517c71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.651,
    "s": 20.976,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55137,
    "c": 0.05084,
    "h": 176.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#517C71

secondary

#A4858D

accent

#6A80BE

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F2

border

#CACCCC

text

#0B0F0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #517C71

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

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