#516D60#516D60

#516D60 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.039 H 164.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516D60
RGB	rgb(81, 109, 96)
HSL	hsl(152, 15%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(152, 26%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 0%, 11.9%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.55, -13.23, 3.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.55, 13.81, 163.38°)
OKLab	oklab(50.85% -0.0374 0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(50.85% 0.039 164.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.9727, 13.5307, 13.0976)
Luminance	0.1353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516D60 #6D515E

analogous

#516D52 #516D60 #516C6D

triadic

#516D60 #60516D #6D6051

tetradic

#516D60 #52516D #6D515E #6C6D51

square

#516D60 #52516D #6D515E #6C6D51

split-complementary

#516D60 #6D516C #6D5251

monochromatic

#1D2722 #374A41 #516D60 #6B907F #8EAB9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#516D60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#516D60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516D60

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516D60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516D60	1.00	5.67	3.71	5.67
#FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C695F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#676561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B6D69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516d60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 109, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.039 164.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82978d',
    500: '#516d60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516d60;
$custom-light: #82978d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516d60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.143,
    "s": 14.737,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50854,
    "c": 0.03881,
    "h": 164.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516D60

secondary

#99818C

accent

#7091B8

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#EFF2F0

border

#CACCCB

text

#0A0D0C

muted

#7C7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #516D60

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

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