#516D4E#516D4E

#516D4E is a mid, muted green. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.058 H 142.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516D4E
RGB	rgb(81, 109, 78)
HSL	hsl(114, 17%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(114, 28%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 0%, 28.4%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.12, -16.92, 14.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.12, 22.03, 140.21°)
OKLab	oklab(50.36% -0.0461 0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(50.36% 0.058 142.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.2367, 13.2363, 9.2218)
Luminance	0.1324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516D4E #6A4E6D

analogous

#616D4E #516D4E #4E6D5B

triadic

#516D4E #4E516D #6D4E51

tetradic

#516D4E #4E616D #6A4E6D #6D5B4E

square

#516D4E #4E616D #6A4E6D #6D5B4E

split-complementary

#516D4E #5B4E6D #6D4E61

monochromatic

#1C261B #364934 #516D4E #6C9168 #8DAB8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.76

#516D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#516D4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516D4E

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516D4E	1.00	5.76	3.65	5.76
#FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F684C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6550

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F6B65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 109, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.058 142.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82977f',
    500: '#516d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516d4e;
$custom-light: #82977f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 114.194,
    "s": 16.578,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50362,
    "c": 0.05837,
    "h": 142.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516D4E

secondary

#967E99

accent

#6FB9B2

background

#F8F9F7

surface

#EFF2EE

border

#CACCC9

text

#0A0D0A

muted

#7C7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #516D4E

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

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