#517E69#517E69

#517E69 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.060 H 163.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#517E69
RGB	rgb(81, 126, 105)
HSL	hsl(152, 22%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(152, 36%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 0%, 16.7%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.12, -20.43, 6.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.12, 21.46, 162.15°)
OKLab	oklab(55.4% -0.0573 0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(55.4% 0.06 163.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.4031, 17.6902, 16.0702)
Luminance	0.1769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#517E69 #7E5166

analogous

#517E52 #517E69 #517C7E

triadic

#517E69 #69517E #7E6951

tetradic

#517E69 #52517E #7E5166 #7C7E51

square

#517E69 #52517E #7E5166 #7C7E51

split-complementary

#517E69 #7E517C #7E5251

monochromatic

#21332B #39594A #517E69 #6CA088 #91B8A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#517E69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#517E69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #517E69

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##517E69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##517E69	1.00	4.63	4.54	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7868

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75736A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#467E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #517e69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 126, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.060 163.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a393',
    500: '#517e69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #517e69;
$custom-light: #83a393;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#517e69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152,
    "s": 21.739,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55398,
    "c": 0.05972,
    "h": 163.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#517E69

secondary

#A58594

accent

#6A91BE

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F1

border

#CACECB

text

#0B0F0D

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #517E69

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

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