#516A7C#516A7C

#516A7C is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.041 H 239.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516A7C
RGB	rgb(81, 106, 124)
HSL	hsl(205, 21%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(205, 35%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.7%, 14.5%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.52, -4.46, -12.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.52, 13.73, 251.03°)
OKLab	oklab(51.13% -0.0207 -0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(51.13% 0.041 239.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.1843, 13.5120, 21.0310)
Luminance	0.1351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516A7C #7C6351

analogous

#517C78 #516A7C #51547C

triadic

#516A7C #7C516A #6A7C51

tetradic

#516A7C #78517C #7C6351 #547C51

square

#516A7C #78517C #7C6351 #547C51

split-complementary

#516A7C #7C5154 #7C7851

monochromatic

#212B32 #394A57 #516A7C #6C899F #91A7B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#516A7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#516A7C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516A7C

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516A7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516A7C	1.00	5.67	3.70	5.67
#FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#626A7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D657C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#436F70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516a7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 106, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.041 239.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8394a2',
    500: '#516a7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516a7c;
$custom-light: #8394a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516a7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.116,
    "s": 20.976,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51129,
    "c": 0.04121,
    "h": 239.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516A7C

secondary

#A49285

accent

#8D6ABE

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF1F2

border

#CACBCC

text

#0B0D0F

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #516A7C

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

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