#517D7C#517D7C

#517D7C is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.049 H 194.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#517D7C
RGB	rgb(81, 125, 124)
HSL	hsl(179, 21%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(179, 35%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 0%, 0.8%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.34, -15.31, -4.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.34, 15.89, 195.59°)
OKLab	oklab(55.75% -0.047 -0.0118)
OKLCH	oklch(55.75% 0.049 194)
XYZ	xyz(14.3638, 17.8709, 21.7574)
Luminance	0.1787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#517D7C #7D5152

analogous

#517D66 #517D7C #51687D

triadic

#517D7C #7C517D #7D7C51

tetradic

#517D7C #66517D #7D5152 #687D51

square

#517D7C #66517D #7D5152 #687D51

split-complementary

#517D7C #7D5168 #7D6651

monochromatic

#213332 #395857 #517D7C #6CA09E #91B8B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#517D7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#517D7C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #517D7C

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##517D7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##517D7C	1.00	4.59	4.57	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78797C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70737C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40807D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #517d7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 125, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.049 194.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a2a1',
    500: '#517d7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #517d7c;
$custom-light: #84a2a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#517d7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.636,
    "s": 21.359,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55752,
    "c": 0.0485,
    "h": 194
  },
  "luminance": 0.17872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#517D7C

secondary

#A58586

accent

#6A6CBE

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF3F2

border

#CACDCC

text

#0B0F0F

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #517D7C

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

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