#516D7A#516D7A

#516D7A is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.039 H 228.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516D7A
RGB	rgb(81, 109, 122)
HSL	hsl(199, 20%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(199, 34%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 10.7%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.36, -6.78, -10.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.36, 12.51, 237.19°)
OKLab	oklab(51.77% -0.0258 -0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(51.77% 0.039 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.3737, 14.0911, 20.4765)
Luminance	0.1409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516D7A #7A5E51

analogous

#517A72 #516D7A #51597A

triadic

#516D7A #7A516D #6D7A51

tetradic

#516D7A #72517A #7A5E51 #597A51

square

#516D7A #72517A #7A5E51 #597A51

split-complementary

#516D7A #7A5159 #7A7251

monochromatic

#202B30 #394C55 #516D7A #6B8D9D #90AAB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50

#516D7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#516D7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516D7A

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516D7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516D7A	1.00	5.50	3.82	5.50
#FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666C7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60677A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#437171

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516d7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 109, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.039 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8396a0',
    500: '#516d7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516d7a;
$custom-light: #8396a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516d7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.024,
    "s": 20.197,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51768,
    "c": 0.03862,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516D7A

secondary

#A38E84

accent

#856BBD

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F2

border

#CACCCC

text

#0B0D0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #516D7A

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

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