#516B8D#516B8D

#516B8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.062 H 255.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516B8D
RGB	rgb(81, 107, 141)
HSL	hsl(214, 27%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(214, 43%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 24.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.50, -0.17, -21.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.50, 21.69, 269.54°)
OKLab	oklab(52.12% -0.0157 -0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(52.12% 0.062 255.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.4572, 14.1870, 27.2234)
Luminance	0.1419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516B8D #8D7351

analogous

#51898D #516B8D #55518D

triadic

#516B8D #8D516B #6B8D51

tetradic

#516B8D #8D5189 #8D7351 #518D55

square

#516B8D #8D5189 #8D7351 #518D55

split-complementary

#516B8D #8D5551 #898D51

monochromatic

#24303F #3B4E66 #516B8D #6F8AAC #96A9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#516B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#516B8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516B8D

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516B8D	1.00	5.47	3.84	5.47
#FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E6D8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#57678C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B7277

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 107, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.062 255.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8495ae',
    500: '#516b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516b8d;
$custom-light: #8495ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214,
    "s": 27.027,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5212,
    "c": 0.06229,
    "h": 255.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516B8D

secondary

#AF9F8A

accent

#9A64C3

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF1F4

border

#CACBCE

text

#0B0D10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #516B8D

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

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