#516461#516461

#516461 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.023 H 184.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516461
RGB	rgb(81, 100, 97)
HSL	hsl(171, 10%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(171, 19%, 39%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 0%, 3%, 60.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.78, -7.85, -0.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.78, 7.88, 184.99°)
OKLab	oklab(48.65% -0.0234 -0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(48.65% 0.023 184.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.1076, 11.7264, 13.0378)
Luminance	0.1173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516461 #645154

analogous

#516457 #516461 #515D64

triadic

#516461 #615164 #646151

tetradic

#516461 #575164 #645154 #5D6451

square

#516461 #575164 #645154 #5D6451

split-complementary

#516461 #64515D #645751

monochromatic

#1A201F #364240 #516461 #6C8682 #8DA39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.28

#516461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#516461 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516461

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516461	1.00	6.28	3.35	6.28
#FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#626261

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5F61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C6563

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 100, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.023 184.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82908d',
    500: '#516461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516461;
$custom-light: #82908d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.526,
    "s": 10.497,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48653,
    "c": 0.02349,
    "h": 184.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516461

secondary

#918082

accent

#747EB3

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEF0F0

border

#C9CBCB

text

#0A0C0C

muted

#7C7D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #516461

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

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