#516A6D#516A6D

#516A6D is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.030 H 205.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516A6D
RGB	rgb(81, 106, 109)
HSL	hsl(186, 15%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(186, 26%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 2.8%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.01, -8.42, -4.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.01, 9.65, 209.16°)
OKLab	oklab(50.54% -0.027 -0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(50.54% 0.03 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.3069, 13.1611, 16.4096)
Luminance	0.1316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516A6D #6D5451

analogous

#516D62 #516A6D #515C6D

triadic

#516A6D #6D516A #6A6D51

tetradic

#516A6D #62516D #6D5451 #5C6D51

square

#516A6D #62516D #6D5451 #5C6D51

split-complementary

#516A6D #6D515C #6D6251

monochromatic

#1D2627 #37484A #516A6D #6B8C90 #8EA8AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#516A6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#516A6D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516A6D

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516A6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516A6D	1.00	5.78	3.63	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#66686D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#61646D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#486C6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516a6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 106, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.030 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#829496',
    500: '#516a6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516a6d;
$custom-light: #829496;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516a6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.429,
    "s": 14.737,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50545,
    "c": 0.02989,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516A6D

secondary

#998481

accent

#7870B8

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF1F2

border

#CACBCC

text

#0A0D0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #516A6D

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

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