#51797E#51797E

#51797E is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.045 H 205.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51797E
RGB	rgb(81, 121, 126)
HSL	hsl(187, 22%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(187, 36%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 4%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.17, -12.57, -7.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.17, 14.48, 209.76°)
OKLab	oklab(54.84% -0.0407 -0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(54.84% 0.045 205.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.9953, 16.9296, 22.2649)
Luminance	0.1693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51797E #7E5651

analogous

#517E6C #51797E #51627E

triadic

#51797E #7E5179 #797E51

tetradic

#51797E #6C517E #7E5651 #627E51

square

#51797E #6C517E #7E5651 #627E51

split-complementary

#51797E #7E5162 #7E6C51

monochromatic

#213133 #395559 #51797E #6C9BA0 #91B4B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#51797E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#51797E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51797E

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51797E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51797E	1.00	4.79	4.39	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73767E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B707E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#407C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51797e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 121, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.045 205.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#849fa3',
    500: '#51797e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51797e;
$custom-light: #849fa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51797e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.667,
    "s": 21.739,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5484,
    "c": 0.04525,
    "h": 205.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51797E

secondary

#A58985

accent

#736ABE

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF2F3

border

#CACCCD

text

#0B0E0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51797E

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

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