#516A58#516A58

#516A58 is a mid, muted green. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.041 H 153.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516A58
RGB	rgb(81, 106, 88)
HSL	hsl(137, 13%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(137, 24%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 0%, 17%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.40, -13.29, 7.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.40, 15.08, 151.81°)
OKLab	oklab(49.86% -0.0368 0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(49.86% 0.041 153.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.3083, 12.7616, 11.1507)
Luminance	0.1276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516A58 #6A5163

analogous

#576A51 #516A58 #516A65

triadic

#516A58 #58516A #6A5851

tetradic

#516A58 #51576A #6A5163 #6A6551

square

#516A58 #51576A #6A5163 #6A6551

split-complementary

#516A58 #65516A #6A5157

monochromatic

#1C251E #36473B #516A58 #6C8D75 #8DA895

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.91

#516A58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#516A58 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516A58

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516A58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516A58	1.00	5.91	3.55	5.91
#FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6657

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#666359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D6965

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516a58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 106, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.041 153.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#829487',
    500: '#516a58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516a58;
$custom-light: #829487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516a58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 136.8,
    "s": 13.369,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49865,
    "c": 0.04114,
    "h": 153.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516A58

secondary

#968190

accent

#72A3B6

background

#F7F9F8

surface

#EEF1EF

border

#C9CBCA

text

#0A0D0B

muted

#7C7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #516A58

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

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