#51586A#51586A

#51586A is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.031 H 268.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51586A
RGB	rgb(81, 88, 106)
HSL	hsl(223, 13%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(223, 24%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 17%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.42, 1.63, -11.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.42, 11.34, 278.26°)
OKLab	oklab(46.11% -0.0008 -0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(46.11% 0.031 268.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.4839, 9.7692, 15.0188)
Luminance	0.0977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51586A #6A6351

analogous

#51656A #51586A #57516A

triadic

#51586A #6A5158 #586A51

tetradic

#51586A #6A5165 #6A6351 #516A57

square

#51586A #6A5165 #6A6351 #516A57

split-complementary

#51586A #6A5751 #656A51

monochromatic

#1C1E25 #363B47 #51586A #6C758D #8D95A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.11

#51586A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#51586A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51586A

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51586A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51586A	1.00	7.11	2.95	7.11
#FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#53596B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51576A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B5B5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51586a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 88, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.031 268.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#828794',
    500: '#51586a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51586a;
$custom-light: #828794;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51586a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.2,
    "s": 13.369,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4611,
    "c": 0.03065,
    "h": 268.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51586A

secondary

#969081

accent

#A372B6

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EEEFF1

border

#C9CACB

text

#0A0B0D

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #51586A

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

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