#516B4E#516B4E

#516B4E is a mid, muted green. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.055 H 142.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516B4E
RGB	rgb(81, 107, 78)
HSL	hsl(114, 16%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(114, 27%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 0%, 27.1%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.48, -15.83, 13.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.48, 20.63, 140.13°)
OKLab	oklab(49.85% -0.0432 0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(49.85% 0.055 142.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.0258, 12.8145, 9.1515)
Luminance	0.1281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516B4E #684E6B

analogous

#606B4E #516B4E #4E6B5A

triadic

#516B4E #4E516B #6B4E51

tetradic

#516B4E #4E606B #684E6B #6B5A4E

square

#516B4E #4E606B #684E6B #6B5A4E

split-complementary

#516B4E #5A4E6B #6B4E60

monochromatic

#1B241A #364834 #516B4E #6C8E68 #8DAA8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#516B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#516B4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516B4E

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516B4E	1.00	5.89	3.56	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D664C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68634F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F6963

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 107, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.055 142.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82957f',
    500: '#516b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516b4e;
$custom-light: #82957f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 113.793,
    "s": 15.676,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49852,
    "c": 0.05471,
    "h": 142.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516B4E

secondary

#957E97

accent

#6FB8B1

background

#F8F9F7

surface

#EFF1EE

border

#CACBC9

text

#0A0D0A

muted

#7C7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #516B4E

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

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