#516B82#516B82

#516B82 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.048 H 245.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516B82
RGB	rgb(81, 107, 130)
HSL	hsl(208, 23%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(208, 38%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 17.7%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.05, -3.38, -15.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.05, 16.14, 257.92°)
OKLab	oklab(51.62% -0.0197 -0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(51.62% 0.048 245.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.6790, 13.8758, 23.1250)
Luminance	0.1388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516B82 #826851

analogous

#518281 #516B82 #515382

triadic

#516B82 #82516B #6B8251

tetradic

#516B82 #815182 #826851 #538251

square

#516B82 #815182 #826851 #538251

split-complementary

#516B82 #825153 #828151

monochromatic

#222D37 #3A4C5C #516B82 #6C8AA4 #92A8BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#516B82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#516B82 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516B82

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516B82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516B82	1.00	5.56	3.78	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#626B83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C6682

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#417073

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516b82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 107, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.048 245.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8395a6',
    500: '#516b82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516b82;
$custom-light: #8395a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516b82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.163,
    "s": 23.223,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51622,
    "c": 0.04779,
    "h": 245.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516B82

secondary

#A89687

accent

#9168C0

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF1F4

border

#CACBCE

text

#0B0D0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #516B82

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

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