#51797B#51797B

#51797B is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.045 H 199.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51797B
RGB	rgb(81, 121, 123)
HSL	hsl(183, 21%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(183, 34%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 1.6%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.07, -13.36, -5.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.07, 14.47, 202.58°)
OKLab	oklab(54.73% -0.0421 -0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(54.73% 0.045 199.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.8046, 16.8533, 21.2607)
Luminance	0.1685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51797B #7B5351

analogous

#517B68 #51797B #51647B

triadic

#51797B #7B5179 #797B51

tetradic

#51797B #68517B #7B5351 #647B51

square

#51797B #68517B #7B5351 #647B51

split-complementary

#51797B #7B5164 #7B6851

monochromatic

#203031 #395556 #51797B #6B9B9E #90B4B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#51797B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#51797B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51797B

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51797B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51797B	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#74757B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C707B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#417C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51797b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 121, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.045 199.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#849fa1',
    500: '#51797b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51797b;
$custom-light: #849fa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51797b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.857,
    "s": 20.588,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54731,
    "c": 0.04474,
    "h": 199.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51797B

secondary

#A38684

accent

#6F6BBD

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F2

border

#CACCCC

text

#0B0E0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #51797B

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

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