#516B80#516B80

#516B80 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.045 H 243.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516B80
RGB	rgb(81, 107, 128)
HSL	hsl(207, 22%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(207, 37%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 16.4%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.98, -3.94, -14.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.98, 15.22, 254.99°)
OKLab	oklab(51.54% -0.0205 -0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(51.54% 0.045 243.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.5461, 13.8226, 22.4248)
Luminance	0.1382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516B80 #806651

analogous

#51807D #516B80 #515380

triadic

#516B80 #80516B #6B8051

tetradic

#516B80 #7D5180 #806651 #538051

square

#516B80 #7D5180 #806651 #538051

split-complementary

#516B80 #805153 #807D51

monochromatic

#222C35 #394C5B #516B80 #6C8AA2 #92A8BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#516B80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#516B80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516B80

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516B80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516B80	1.00	5.58	3.76	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#626B81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C6680

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#417072

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516b80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 107, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.045 243.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8395a4',
    500: '#516b80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516b80;
$custom-light: #8395a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516b80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.809,
    "s": 22.488,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51536,
    "c": 0.04537,
    "h": 243.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516B80

secondary

#A79586

accent

#8F69BF

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF1F4

border

#CACBCE

text

#0B0D0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #516B80

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

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