#516B79#516B79

#516B79 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.038 H 231.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516B79
RGB	rgb(81, 107, 121)
HSL	hsl(201, 20%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(201, 33%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 11.6%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.72, -5.87, -10.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.72, 12.36, 241.64°)
OKLab	oklab(51.25% -0.0233 -0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(51.25% 0.038 231.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.1011, 13.6446, 20.0815)
Luminance	0.1364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516B79 #795F51

analogous

#517973 #516B79 #515779

triadic

#516B79 #79516B #6B7951

tetradic

#516B79 #735179 #795F51 #577951

square

#516B79 #735179 #795F51 #577951

split-complementary

#516B79 #795157 #797351

monochromatic

#202A30 #384B54 #516B79 #6B8B9C #90A8B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#516B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#516B79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516B79

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516B79	1.00	5.63	3.73	5.63
#FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646A7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E6579

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#446F6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 107, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.038 231.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83959f',
    500: '#516b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516b79;
$custom-light: #83959f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201,
    "s": 19.802,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51247,
    "c": 0.03783,
    "h": 231.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516B79

secondary

#A28E84

accent

#886BBC

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF1F2

border

#CACBCC

text

#0B0D0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #516B79

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

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