#516A84#516A84

#516A84 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.051 H 249.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516A84
RGB	rgb(81, 106, 132)
HSL	hsl(211, 24%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(211, 39%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 19.7%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.83, -2.21, -17.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.83, 17.46, 262.74°)
OKLab	oklab(51.47% -0.0176 -0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(51.47% 0.051 249.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.7109, 13.7227, 23.8043)
Luminance	0.1372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516A84 #846B51

analogous

#518484 #516A84 #525184

triadic

#516A84 #84516A #6A8451

tetradic

#516A84 #845184 #846B51 #518452

square

#516A84 #845184 #846B51 #518452

split-complementary

#516A84 #845251 #848451

monochromatic

#222D38 #3A4C5E #516A84 #6D89A5 #93A7BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#516A84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#516A84 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516A84

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516A84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516A84	1.00	5.61	3.74	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#606B85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A6583

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#407073

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516a84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 106, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.051 249.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8494a7',
    500: '#516a84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516a84;
$custom-light: #8494a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516a84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.588,
    "s": 23.944,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51474,
    "c": 0.051,
    "h": 249.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516A84

secondary

#AA9987

accent

#9567C0

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF1F4

border

#CACBCE

text

#0B0D0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #516A84

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

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