#51787F#51787F

#51787F is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.045 H 209.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51787F
RGB	rgb(81, 120, 127)
HSL	hsl(189, 22%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(189, 36%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 5.5%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.90, -11.74, -8.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.90, 14.32, 214.89°)
OKLab	oklab(54.63% -0.0389 -0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(54.63% 0.045 209.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.9393, 16.7137, 22.5661)
Luminance	0.1671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51787F #7F5851

analogous

#517F6F #51787F #51617F

triadic

#51787F #7F5178 #787F51

tetradic

#51787F #6F517F #7F5851 #617F51

square

#51787F #6F517F #7F5851 #617F51

split-complementary

#51787F #7F5161 #7F6F51

monochromatic

#213134 #39555A #51787F #6C99A1 #91B3B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#51787F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#51787F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51787F

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51787F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51787F	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)

#72757F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6F7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#407B7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51787f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 120, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.045 209.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#849fa4',
    500: '#51787f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51787f;
$custom-light: #849fa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51787f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.13,
    "s": 22.115,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54633,
    "c": 0.04495,
    "h": 209.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51787F

secondary

#A68B86

accent

#7669BF

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF2F4

border

#CACCCE

text

#0B0E0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51787F

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

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