#516A8A#516A8A

#516A8A is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.059 H 254.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516A8A
RGB	rgb(81, 106, 138)
HSL	hsl(214, 26%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(214, 41%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 23.2%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.08, -0.46, -20.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.08, 20.55, 268.72°)
OKLab	oklab(51.75% -0.0154 -0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(51.75% 0.059 254.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.1333, 13.8917, 26.0292)
Luminance	0.1389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516A8A #8A7151

analogous

#51868A #516A8A #54518A

triadic

#516A8A #8A516A #6A8A51

tetradic

#516A8A #8A5186 #8A7151 #518A54

square

#516A8A #8A5186 #8A7151 #518A54

split-complementary

#516A8A #8A5451 #868A51

monochromatic

#242F3D #3A4C63 #516A8A #6E88AA #95A8C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#516A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#516A8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516A8A

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516A8A	1.00	5.56	3.78	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E6B8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#576689

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D7175

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 106, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.059 254.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8494ac',
    500: '#516a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516a8a;
$custom-light: #8494ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.684,
    "s": 26.027,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51747,
    "c": 0.05906,
    "h": 254.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516A8A

secondary

#AE9E89

accent

#9A65C2

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF1F4

border

#CACBCE

text

#0B0D10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #516A8A

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

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