#515E70#515E70

#515E70 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.033 H 256.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#515E70
RGB	rgb(81, 94, 112)
HSL	hsl(215, 16%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(215, 28%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 16.1%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.45, -0.49, -11.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.45, 11.87, 267.65°)
OKLab	oklab(47.77% -0.0077 -0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(47.77% 0.033 256.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.3199, 10.9242, 16.8909)
Luminance	0.1092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#515E70 #706351

analogous

#516D70 #515E70 #535170

triadic

#515E70 #70515E #5E7051

tetradic

#515E70 #70516D #706351 #517053

square

#515E70 #70516D #706351 #517053

split-complementary

#515E70 #705351 #6D7051

monochromatic

#1E2229 #37404C #515E70 #6B7C94 #8E9BAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.59

#515E70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#515E70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #515E70

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##515E70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##515E70	1.00	6.59	3.19	6.59
#FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585F71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#545C70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#496264

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #515e70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 94, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.033 256.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#828b99',
    500: '#515e70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #515e70;
$custom-light: #828b99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#515e70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.839,
    "s": 16.062,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47774,
    "c": 0.03335,
    "h": 256.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#515E70

secondary

#9B9082

accent

#9A6FB9

background

#F8F8F9

surface

#EFF0F2

border

#CACBCC

text

#0A0C0D

muted

#7C7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #515E70

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

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