#516C4E#516C4E

#516C4E is a mid, muted green. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.057 H 142.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516C4E
RGB	rgb(81, 108, 78)
HSL	hsl(114, 16%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(114, 28%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 0%, 27.8%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.80, -16.38, 13.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.80, 21.33, 140.17°)
OKLab	oklab(50.11% -0.0447 0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(50.11% 0.057 142.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.1307, 13.0242, 9.1864)
Luminance	0.1303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516C4E #694E6C

analogous

#606C4E #516C4E #4E6C5A

triadic

#516C4E #4E516C #6C4E51

tetradic

#516C4E #4E606C #694E6C #6C5A4E

square

#516C4E #4E606C #694E6C #6C5A4E

split-complementary

#516C4E #5A4E6C #6C4E60

monochromatic

#1C251B #364834 #516C4E #6C9068 #8DAA8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#516C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#516C4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516C4E

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516C4E	1.00	5.83	3.61	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E674C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696450

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F6A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 108, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.057 142.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82967f',
    500: '#516c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516c4e;
$custom-light: #82967f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 114,
    "s": 16.129,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50107,
    "c": 0.05655,
    "h": 142.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516C4E

secondary

#957E98

accent

#6FB9B1

background

#F8F9F7

surface

#EFF2EE

border

#CACCC9

text

#0A0D0A

muted

#7C7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #516C4E

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

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