#517E72#517E72

#517E72 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.053 H 175.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#517E72
RGB	rgb(81, 126, 114)
HSL	hsl(164, 22%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(164, 36%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 0%, 9.5%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.36, -18.34, 1.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.36, 18.41, 174.89°)
OKLab	oklab(55.67% -0.053 0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(55.67% 0.053 175.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.8904, 17.8851, 18.6366)
Luminance	0.1789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#517E72 #7E515D

analogous

#517E5B #517E72 #51737E

triadic

#517E72 #72517E #7E7251

tetradic

#517E72 #5B517E #7E515D #737E51

square

#517E72 #5B517E #7E515D #737E51

split-complementary

#517E72 #7E5173 #7E5B51

monochromatic

#21332F #395950 #517E72 #6CA092 #91B8AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#517E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#517E72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #517E72

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##517E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##517E72	1.00	4.59	4.58	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7971

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737373

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#447F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #517e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 126, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.053 175.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a39a',
    500: '#517e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #517e72;
$custom-light: #84a39a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#517e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164,
    "s": 21.739,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55669,
    "c": 0.05316,
    "h": 175.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#517E72

secondary

#A5858E

accent

#6A80BE

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B0F0E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #517E72

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

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