#51565A · near Umber

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#51565A (RGB 81, 86, 90) is a medium, nearly neutral gray, closest to Umber and near Graphite and Storm. Gray suggests neutrality and balance; it lets other colors lead, which makes #51565A a natural choice for text, borders and interface chrome. It appears in 1 ColorSwoop palette. In OKLCH it has 45% lightness and 0.01 chroma at hue 242°.

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HEX#51565A
RGBrgb(81, 86, 90)
HSLhsl(207, 5%, 34%)
CMYK10, 4, 0, 65
CSS var--umber
Contrast7.42:1 white · 2.83:1 black

Similar named colors

Umber #635147Graphite #4B4B4BStorm #4F666AJuniper #3A5F4BSpruce #2C5E4E

How to use #51565A

White text passes WCAG AA on #51565A (7.42:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #51565A with its analogous neighbors #525B5B and #52535B; for contrast use its complement #5B5652 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

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#51565A hex color card: near Umber, RGB 81, 86, 90
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Shades & tints

#101112#202224#313436#414548#51565A#74787B#979A9C#B9BBBD#DCDDDE

Color harmonies for #51565A

Complementary

#51565A#5B5652

Analogous

#51565A#525B5B#52535B

Triadic

#51565A#5B5257#575B52

Split complementary

#51565A#5B5253#5B5B52

Tetradic

#51565A#5B525B#5B5652#535B52

Palettes with #51565A