#515B60#515B60

#515B60 is a mid, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 46.4% C 0.015 H 229.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#515B60
RGB	rgb(81, 91, 96)
HSL	hsl(200, 8%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(200, 16%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 5.2%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.98, -2.72, -4.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.98, 5.00, 237.07°)
OKLab	oklab(46.43% -0.0098 -0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(46.43% 0.015 229.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.2452, 10.0758, 12.5218)
Luminance	0.1008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#515B60 #605651

analogous

#51605E #515B60 #515460

triadic

#515B60 #60515B #5B6051

tetradic

#515B60 #5E5160 #605651 #546051

square

#515B60 #5E5160 #605651 #546051

split-complementary

#515B60 #605154 #605E51

monochromatic

#191C1E #353C3F #515B60 #6D7A81 #8D999F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.96

#515B60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#515B60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #515B60

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##515B60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##515B60	1.00	6.96	3.02	6.96
#FFFFFF	6.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585A60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#565960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D5C5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #515b60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 91, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.4% 0.015 229.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82898d',
    500: '#515b60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #515b60;
$custom-light: #82898d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#515b60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 8.475,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46427,
    "c": 0.01495,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#515B60

secondary

#8E847F

accent

#8A76B1

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEF0F0

border

#C9CBCB

text

#0A0B0C

muted

#7C7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #515B60

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

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