#517E83#517E83

#517E83 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.050 H 204.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#517E83
RGB	rgb(81, 126, 131)
HSL	hsl(186, 24%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(186, 38%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.2%, 3.8%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.87, -14.02, -7.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.87, 15.95, 208.48°)
OKLab	oklab(56.25% -0.0453 -0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(56.25% 0.05 204.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.9495, 18.3088, 24.2145)
Luminance	0.1831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#517E83 #835651

analogous

#51836F #517E83 #516583

triadic

#517E83 #83517E #7E8351

tetradic

#517E83 #6F5183 #835651 #658351

square

#517E83 #6F5183 #835651 #658351

split-complementary

#517E83 #835165 #836F51

monochromatic

#223537 #3A5A5D #517E83 #6D9FA5 #92B8BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#517E83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#517E83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #517E83

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##517E83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##517E83	1.00	4.50	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.50	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)

#777A83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7483

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D817F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #517e83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 126, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.050 204.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a3a7',
    500: '#517e83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #517e83;
$custom-light: #84a3a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#517e83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 23.585,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56249,
    "c": 0.04986,
    "h": 204.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#517E83

secondary

#A98A87

accent

#7168C0

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF3F4

border

#CACDCE

text

#0B0F0F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #517E83

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

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