#51787E#51787E

#51787E is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.045 H 208.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51787E
RGB	rgb(81, 120, 126)
HSL	hsl(188, 22%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(188, 36%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 4.8%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.86, -12.01, -7.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.86, 14.24, 212.48°)
OKLab	oklab(54.6% -0.0394 -0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(54.6% 0.045 208)
XYZ	xyz(13.8744, 16.6878, 22.2246)
Luminance	0.1669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51787E #7E5751

analogous

#517E6D #51787E #51617E

triadic

#51787E #7E5178 #787E51

tetradic

#51787E #6D517E #7E5751 #617E51

square

#51787E #6D517E #7E5751 #617E51

split-complementary

#51787E #7E5161 #7E6D51

monochromatic

#213133 #395559 #51787E #6C99A0 #91B3B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#51787E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#51787E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51787E

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51787E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51787E	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72757E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6F7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#407B7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51787e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 120, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.045 208.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#849fa3',
    500: '#51787e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51787e;
$custom-light: #849fa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51787e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188,
    "s": 21.739,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54595,
    "c": 0.04461,
    "h": 208
  },
  "luminance": 0.16689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51787E

secondary

#A58A85

accent

#756ABE

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF2F3

border

#CACCCD

text

#0B0E0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51787E

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

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