#517E71#517E71

#517E71 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.054 H 174.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#517E71
RGB	rgb(81, 126, 113)
HSL	hsl(163, 22%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(163, 36%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 0%, 10.3%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.33, -18.58, 2.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.33, 18.71, 173.29°)
OKLab	oklab(55.64% -0.0535 0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(55.64% 0.054 174.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.8338, 17.8625, 18.3384)
Luminance	0.1786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#517E71 #7E515E

analogous

#517E5A #517E71 #51747E

triadic

#517E71 #71517E #7E7151

tetradic

#517E71 #5A517E #7E515E #747E51

square

#517E71 #5A517E #7E515E #747E51

split-complementary

#517E71 #7E5174 #7E5A51

monochromatic

#21332E #395950 #517E71 #6CA091 #91B8AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#517E71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#517E71 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #517E71

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##517E71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##517E71	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)

#7B7970

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737372

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#447F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #517e71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 126, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.054 174.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a399',
    500: '#517e71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #517e71;
$custom-light: #84a399;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#517e71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.667,
    "s": 21.739,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55638,
    "c": 0.05375,
    "h": 174.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#517E71

secondary

#A5858F

accent

#6A82BE

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B0F0E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #517E71

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

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