#516D49#516D49

#516D49 is a mid, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.065 H 138.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516D49
RGB	rgb(81, 109, 73)
HSL	hsl(107, 20%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(107, 33%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 0%, 33%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.01, -17.82, 16.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.01, 24.56, 136.52°)
OKLab	oklab(50.25% -0.0486 0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(50.25% 0.065 138.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.0643, 13.1674, 8.3133)
Luminance	0.1317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516D49 #65496D

analogous

#636D49 #516D49 #496D53

triadic

#516D49 #49516D #6D4951

tetradic

#516D49 #49636D #65496D #6D5349

square

#516D49 #49636D #65496D #6D5349

split-complementary

#516D49 #53496D #6D4963

monochromatic

#1B2418 #364830 #516D49 #6C9262 #8DAD84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#516D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#516D49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516D49

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516D49	1.00	5.78	3.63	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6747

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B654B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#506B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 109, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.065 138.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82977c',
    500: '#516d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516d49;
$custom-light: #82977c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 106.667,
    "s": 19.78,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50246,
    "c": 0.06451,
    "h": 138.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516D49

secondary

#927999

accent

#6BBCAA

background

#F8F9F7

surface

#EFF2EE

border

#CACCC9

text

#0A0D09

muted

#7C7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #516D49

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

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