#517C7E#517C7E

#517C7E is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.048 H 199.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#517C7E
RGB	rgb(81, 124, 126)
HSL	hsl(183, 22%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(183, 36%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 1.6%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.09, -14.24, -5.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.09, 15.38, 202.22°)
OKLab	oklab(55.58% -0.0448 -0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(55.58% 0.048 199.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.3656, 17.6701, 22.3883)
Luminance	0.1767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#517C7E #7E5351

analogous

#517E69 #517C7E #51657E

triadic

#517C7E #7E517C #7C7E51

tetradic

#517C7E #69517E #7E5351 #657E51

square

#517C7E #69517E #7E5351 #657E51

split-complementary

#517C7E #7E5165 #7E6951

monochromatic

#213333 #395759 #517C7E #6C9EA0 #91B7B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#517C7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#517C7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #517C7E

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##517C7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##517C7E	1.00	4.63	4.53	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76787E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E727E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#407F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #517c7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 124, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.048 199.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a2a3',
    500: '#517c7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #517c7e;
$custom-light: #84a2a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#517c7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.667,
    "s": 21.739,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55576,
    "c": 0.04756,
    "h": 199.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#517C7E

secondary

#A58785

accent

#6D6ABE

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF2F3

border

#CACCCD

text

#0B0F0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #517C7E

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

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