#517D79#517D79

#517D79 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.049 H 188.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#517D79
RGB	rgb(81, 125, 121)
HSL	hsl(175, 21%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(175, 35%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 0%, 3.2%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.25, -16.08, -2.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.25, 16.29, 189.33°)
OKLab	oklab(55.65% -0.0484 -0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(55.65% 0.049 188.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.1769, 17.7962, 20.7734)
Luminance	0.1780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#517D79 #7D5155

analogous

#517D63 #517D79 #516B7D

triadic

#517D79 #79517D #7D7951

tetradic

#517D79 #63517D #7D5155 #6B7D51

square

#517D79 #63517D #7D5155 #6B7D51

split-complementary

#517D79 #7D516B #7D6351

monochromatic

#213331 #395855 #517D79 #6CA09B #91B8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#517D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#517D79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #517D79

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##517D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##517D79	1.00	4.61	4.56	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787979

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70737A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#417F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #517d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 125, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.049 188.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a29f',
    500: '#517d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #517d79;
$custom-light: #84a29f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#517d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.545,
    "s": 21.359,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55649,
    "c": 0.04896,
    "h": 188.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#517D79

secondary

#A58588

accent

#6A72BE

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF3F2

border

#CACDCC

text

#0B0F0E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #517D79

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

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