#516B59#516B59

#516B59 is a mid, muted green. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.042 H 154.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#516B59
RGBrgb(81, 107, 89)
HSLhsl(138, 14%, 37%)
HSVhsv(138, 24%, 42%)
CMYKcmyk(24.3%, 0%, 16.8%, 58%)
CIE-LABlab(42.74, -13.64, 7.00)
CIE-LCHlch(42.74, 15.33, 152.82°)
OKLaboklab(50.15% -0.0378 0.0181)
OKLCHoklch(50.15% 0.042 154.4)
XYZxyz(10.4537, 12.9856, 11.4049)
Luminance0.1299 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#516B59 #6B5163
analogous
#566B51 #516B59 #516B66
triadic
#516B59 #59516B #6B5951
tetradic
#516B59 #51566B #6B5163 #6B6651
square
#516B59 #51566B #6B5163 #6B6651
split-complementary
#516B59 #66516B #6B5156
monochromatic
#1C251F #37483C #516B59 #6B8E76 #8DA996

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84
#516B59 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60
#516B59 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516B59
5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##516B59#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##516B591.005.843.605.84
#FFFFFF5.841.0021.001.00
#0000003.6021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.841.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6B6758
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#66645A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#4D6A66
Achromatopsia (no color)
#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #516b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 107, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.042 154.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#829587',
    500: '#516b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #516b59;
$custom-light: #829587;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#516b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 138.462,
    "s": 13.83,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50145,
    "c": 0.04192,
    "h": 154.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#516B59
secondary
#978190
accent
#71A1B7
background
#F8F9F8
surface
#EFF1EF
border
#CACBCA
text
#0A0D0B
muted
#7C7E7C

Preview Lab

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#516B59 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva