#517E80#517E80

#517E80 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.049 H 199.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#517E80
RGB	rgb(81, 126, 128)
HSL	hsl(183, 22%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(183, 37%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 1.6%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.77, -14.81, -5.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.77, 15.98, 202.00°)
OKLab	oklab(56.14% -0.0466 -0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(56.14% 0.049 199.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.7491, 18.2286, 23.1592)
Luminance	0.1823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#517E80 #805351

analogous

#51806A #517E80 #516680

triadic

#517E80 #80517E #7E8051

tetradic

#517E80 #6A5180 #805351 #668051

square

#517E80 #6A5180 #805351 #668051

split-complementary

#517E80 #805166 #806A51

monochromatic

#223435 #39595B #517E80 #6CA0A2 #92B8BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#517E80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#517E80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #517E80

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##517E80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##517E80	1.00	4.52	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787A80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707480

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E817E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #517e80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 126, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.049 199.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a3a4',
    500: '#517e80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #517e80;
$custom-light: #84a3a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#517e80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.553,
    "s": 22.488,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5614,
    "c": 0.04942,
    "h": 199.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#517E80

secondary

#A78786

accent

#6C69BF

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF3F4

border

#CACDCE

text

#0B0F0F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #517E80

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

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