#516C8D#516C8D

#516C8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.061 H 253.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516C8D
RGB	rgb(81, 108, 141)
HSL	hsl(213, 27%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(213, 43%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 23.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.80, -0.78, -21.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.80, 21.24, 267.90°)
OKLab	oklab(52.35% -0.0171 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(52.35% 0.061 253.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.5621, 14.3968, 27.2584)
Luminance	0.1440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516C8D #8D7251

analogous

#518A8D #516C8D #54518D

triadic

#516C8D #8D516C #6C8D51

tetradic

#516C8D #8D518A #8D7251 #518D54

square

#516C8D #8D518A #8D7251 #518D54

split-complementary

#516C8D #8D5451 #8A8D51

monochromatic

#24303F #3B4E66 #516C8D #6F8BAC #96AAC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#516C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#516C8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516C8D

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516C8D	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#606D8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#58678C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B7377

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 108, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.061 253.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8496ae',
    500: '#516c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516c8d;
$custom-light: #8496ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213,
    "s": 27.027,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52353,
    "c": 0.06139,
    "h": 253.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516C8D

secondary

#AF9F8A

accent

#9964C3

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF1F4

border

#CACBCE

text

#0B0D10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #516C8D

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →