#516C8A#516C8A

#516C8A is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.057 H 251.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516C8A
RGB	rgb(81, 108, 138)
HSL	hsl(212, 26%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(212, 41%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 21.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.67, -1.66, -19.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.67, 19.70, 265.15°)
OKLab	oklab(52.21% -0.0181 -0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(52.21% 0.057 251.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.3419, 14.3087, 26.0987)
Luminance	0.1431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516C8A #8A6F51

analogous

#51888A #516C8A #53518A

triadic

#516C8A #8A516C #6C8A51

tetradic

#516C8A #8A5188 #8A6F51 #518A53

square

#516C8A #8A5188 #8A6F51 #518A53

split-complementary

#516C8A #8A5351 #888A51

monochromatic

#24303D #3A4E63 #516C8A #6E8BAA #95AAC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#516C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#516C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516C8A

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516C8A	1.00	5.44	3.86	5.44
#FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#616D8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A6789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D7376

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 108, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.057 251.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8496ac',
    500: '#516c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516c8a;
$custom-light: #8496ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.579,
    "s": 26.027,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52214,
    "c": 0.05736,
    "h": 251.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516C8A

secondary

#AE9C89

accent

#9665C2

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF1F4

border

#CACBCE

text

#0B0D10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #516C8A

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

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