#516A71#516A71

#516A71 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.032 H 216.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516A71
RGB	rgb(81, 106, 113)
HSL	hsl(193, 16%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(193, 28%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 6.2%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.14, -7.40, -6.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.14, 10.14, 223.08°)
OKLab	oklab(50.69% -0.0253 -0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(50.69% 0.032 216.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.5271, 13.2492, 17.5696)
Luminance	0.1325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516A71 #715851

analogous

#517168 #516A71 #515A71

triadic

#516A71 #71516A #6A7151

tetradic

#516A71 #685171 #715851 #5A7151

square

#516A71 #685171 #715851 #5A7151

split-complementary

#516A71 #71515A #716851

monochromatic

#1E272A #37494D #516A71 #6B8B95 #8EA7AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#516A71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#516A71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516A71

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516A71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516A71	1.00	5.75	3.65	5.75
#FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656871

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#606471

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#476D6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516a71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 106, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.032 216.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#829499',
    500: '#516a71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516a71;
$custom-light: #829499;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516a71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.125,
    "s": 16.495,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50693,
    "c": 0.03152,
    "h": 216.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516A71

secondary

#9C8882

accent

#7F6FB9

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF1F2

border

#CACBCC

text

#0A0D0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #516A71

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

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