#516A89#516A89

#516A89 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.058 H 254.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516A89
RGB	rgb(81, 106, 137)
HSL	hsl(213, 26%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(213, 41%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 22.6%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.04, -0.75, -20.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.04, 20.02, 267.84°)
OKLab	oklab(51.7% -0.0158 -0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(51.7% 0.058 254.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.0613, 13.8628, 25.6496)
Luminance	0.1386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516A89 #897051

analogous

#518689 #516A89 #545189

triadic

#516A89 #89516A #6A8951

tetradic

#516A89 #895186 #897051 #518954

square

#516A89 #895186 #897051 #518954

split-complementary

#516A89 #895451 #868951

monochromatic

#242E3C #3A4C63 #516A89 #6E88A9 #94A8C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#516A89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#516A89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516A89

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516A89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516A89	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E6B8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#586688

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E7174

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516a89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 106, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.058 254.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8494ab',
    500: '#516a89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516a89;
$custom-light: #8494ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516a89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.214,
    "s": 25.688,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51701,
    "c": 0.05768,
    "h": 254.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516A89

secondary

#AD9D89

accent

#9966C2

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF1F4

border

#CACBCE

text

#0B0D10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #516A89

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →