#517D5B#517D5B

#517D5B is a mid, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.072 H 150.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#517D5B
RGB	rgb(81, 125, 91)
HSL	hsl(134, 21%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(134, 35%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 0%, 27.2%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.48, -22.87, 13.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.48, 26.73, 148.81°)
OKLab	oklab(54.77% -0.0626 0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(54.77% 0.072 150.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.6146, 17.1713, 12.5452)
Luminance	0.1717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#517D5B #7D5173

analogous

#5D7D51 #517D5B #517D71

triadic

#517D5B #5B517D #7D5B51

tetradic

#517D5B #515D7D #7D5173 #7D7151

square

#517D5B #515D7D #7D5173 #7D7151

split-complementary

#517D5B #71517D #7D515D

monochromatic

#213325 #395840 #517D5B #6CA077 #91B89A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#517D5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#517D5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #517D5B

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##517D5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##517D5B	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7659

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77715D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A7C74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #517d5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 125, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.072 150.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a389',
    500: '#517d5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #517d5b;
$custom-light: #83a389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#517d5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 133.636,
    "s": 21.359,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54772,
    "c": 0.07188,
    "h": 150.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#517D5B

secondary

#A5859E

accent

#6AABBE

background

#F8FAF8

surface

#EFF3F0

border

#CACDCB

text

#0B0F0B

muted

#7C7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #517D5B

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

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