#516B68#516B68

#516B68 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.031 H 187.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516B68
RGB	rgb(81, 107, 104)
HSL	hsl(173, 14%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(173, 24%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 0%, 2.8%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.16, -10.23, -1.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.16, 10.34, 188.07°)
OKLab	oklab(50.62% -0.0307 -0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(50.62% 0.031 187.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.1490, 13.2637, 15.0667)
Luminance	0.1326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516B68 #6B5154

analogous

#516B5B #516B68 #51616B

triadic

#516B68 #68516B #6B6851

tetradic

#516B68 #5B516B #6B5154 #616B51

square

#516B68 #5B516B #6B5154 #616B51

split-complementary

#516B68 #6B5161 #6B5B51

monochromatic

#1C2524 #374846 #516B68 #6B8E8A #8DA9A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#516B68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#516B68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516B68

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516B68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516B68	1.00	5.75	3.65	5.75
#FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686868

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#636468

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#496C6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516b68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 107, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.031 187.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#829593',
    500: '#516b68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516b68;
$custom-light: #829593;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516b68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.077,
    "s": 13.83,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50616,
    "c": 0.031,
    "h": 187.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516B68

secondary

#978183

accent

#7179B7

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF1F1

border

#CACBCB

text

#0A0D0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #516B68

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

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