#516C81#516C81

#516C81 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.046 H 242.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516C81
RGB	rgb(81, 108, 129)
HSL	hsl(206, 23%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(206, 37%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 16.3%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.32, -4.25, -14.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.32, 15.38, 253.94°)
OKLab	oklab(51.82% -0.0215 -0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(51.82% 0.046 242.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.7171, 14.0588, 22.8082)
Luminance	0.1406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516C81 #816651

analogous

#51817E #516C81 #515481

triadic

#516C81 #81516C #6C8151

tetradic

#516C81 #7E5181 #816651 #548151

square

#516C81 #7E5181 #816651 #548151

split-complementary

#516C81 #815154 #817E51

monochromatic

#222D36 #394D5B #516C81 #6C8BA3 #92A9BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#516C81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#516C81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516C81

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516C81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516C81	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636C82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D6781

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#417173

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516c81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 108, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.046 242.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8396a5',
    500: '#516c81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516c81;
$custom-light: #8396a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516c81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.25,
    "s": 22.857,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51817,
    "c": 0.04605,
    "h": 242.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516C81

secondary

#A89586

accent

#8E68BF

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF1F4

border

#CACBCE

text

#0B0D0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #516C81

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

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