#516B60#516B60

#516B60 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.035 H 167.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516B60
RGB	rgb(81, 107, 96)
HSL	hsl(155, 14%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(155, 24%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 0%, 10.3%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.93, -12.11, 3.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.93, 12.48, 165.87°)
OKLab	oklab(50.36% -0.0345 0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(50.36% 0.035 167.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.7617, 13.1089, 13.0273)
Luminance	0.1311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516B60 #6B515C

analogous

#516B53 #516B60 #51696B

triadic

#516B60 #60516B #6B6051

tetradic

#516B60 #53516B #6B515C #696B51

square

#516B60 #53516B #6B515C #696B51

split-complementary

#516B60 #6B5169 #6B5351

monochromatic

#1C2521 #374841 #516B60 #6B8E7F #8DA99D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#516B60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#516B60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516B60

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516B60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516B60	1.00	5.80	3.62	5.80
#FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A675F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#656461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B6B68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516b60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 107, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.035 167.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82958d',
    500: '#516b60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516b60;
$custom-light: #82958d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516b60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.615,
    "s": 13.83,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50355,
    "c": 0.03535,
    "h": 167.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516B60

secondary

#97818A

accent

#718FB7

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#EFF1F0

border

#CACBCB

text

#0A0D0C

muted

#7C7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #516B60

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

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