#51697A#51697A

#51697A is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.039 H 239.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51697A
RGB	rgb(81, 105, 122)
HSL	hsl(205, 20%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(205, 34%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 13.9%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.15, -4.42, -12.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.15, 13.11, 250.31°)
OKLab	oklab(50.81% -0.02 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(50.81% 0.039 239.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.9567, 13.2571, 20.3374)
Luminance	0.1326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51697A #7A6251

analogous

#517A77 #51697A #51557A

triadic

#51697A #7A5169 #697A51

tetradic

#51697A #77517A #7A6251 #557A51

square

#51697A #77517A #7A6251 #557A51

split-complementary

#51697A #7A5155 #7A7751

monochromatic

#202A30 #394955 #51697A #6B889D #90A6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#51697A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#51697A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51697A

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51697A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51697A	1.00	5.75	3.65	5.75
#FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#62687B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C647A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#446D6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51697a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 105, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.039 239.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8393a0',
    500: '#51697a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51697a;
$custom-light: #8393a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51697a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.878,
    "s": 20.197,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50807,
    "c": 0.03935,
    "h": 239.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51697A

secondary

#A39184

accent

#8D6BBD

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF1F2

border

#CACBCC

text

#0B0D0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #51697A

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

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