#517C7D#517C7D

#517C7D is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.048 H 197.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#517C7D
RGB	rgb(81, 124, 125)
HSL	hsl(181, 21%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(181, 35%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 0.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.06, -14.50, -5.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.06, 15.43, 199.98°)
OKLab	oklab(55.54% -0.0453 -0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(55.54% 0.048 197.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.3014, 17.6444, 22.0502)
Luminance	0.1764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#517C7D #7D5251

analogous

#517D68 #517C7D #51667D

triadic

#517C7D #7D517C #7C7D51

tetradic

#517C7D #68517D #7D5251 #667D51

square

#517C7D #68517D #7D5251 #667D51

split-complementary

#517C7D #7D5166 #7D6851

monochromatic

#213233 #395758 #517C7D #6C9EA0 #91B7B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#517C7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#517C7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #517C7D

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##517C7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##517C7D	1.00	4.64	4.53	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76787D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E727D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#407F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #517c7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 124, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.048 197.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a2a2',
    500: '#517c7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #517c7d;
$custom-light: #84a2a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#517c7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.364,
    "s": 21.359,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55541,
    "c": 0.04752,
    "h": 197.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#517C7D

secondary

#A58685

accent

#6C6ABE

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F2

border

#CACCCC

text

#0B0F0F

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #517C7D

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

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