#517E82#517E82

#517E82 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.050 H 203.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#517E82
RGB	rgb(81, 126, 130)
HSL	hsl(185, 23%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(185, 38%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 3.1%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.84, -14.29, -7.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.84, 15.94, 206.32°)
OKLab	oklab(56.21% -0.0457 -0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(56.21% 0.05 203)
XYZ	xyz(14.8820, 18.2818, 23.8593)
Luminance	0.1828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#517E82 #825551

analogous

#51826E #517E82 #516682

triadic

#517E82 #82517E #7E8251

tetradic

#517E82 #6E5182 #825551 #668251

square

#517E82 #6E5182 #825551 #668251

split-complementary

#517E82 #825166 #826E51

monochromatic

#223537 #3A595C #517E82 #6C9FA4 #92B8BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#517E82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#517E82 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #517E82

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##517E82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##517E82	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787A82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7482

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D817F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #517e82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 126, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.050 203.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a3a6',
    500: '#517e82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #517e82;
$custom-light: #84a3a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#517e82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.898,
    "s": 23.223,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56212,
    "c": 0.04967,
    "h": 203
  },
  "luminance": 0.18283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#517E82

secondary

#A88987

accent

#6F68C0

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF3F4

border

#CACDCE

text

#0B0F0F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #517E82

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

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