#516D89#516D89

#516D89 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.055 H 248.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516D89
RGB	rgb(81, 109, 137)
HSL	hsl(210, 26%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(210, 41%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 20.4%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.93, -2.56, -18.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.93, 18.81, 262.19°)
OKLab	oklab(52.4% -0.0199 -0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(52.4% 0.055 248.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.3759, 14.4920, 25.7545)
Luminance	0.1449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516D89 #896D51

analogous

#518989 #516D89 #515189

triadic

#516D89 #89516D #6D8951

tetradic

#516D89 #895189 #896D51 #518951

square

#516D89 #895189 #896D51 #518951

split-complementary

#516D89 #895151 #898951

monochromatic

#24303C #3A4E63 #516D89 #6E8CA9 #94AAC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#516D89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#516D89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516D89

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516D89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516D89	1.00	5.39	3.90	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#626E8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B6888

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D7376

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516d89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 109, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.055 248.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8496ab',
    500: '#516d89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516d89;
$custom-light: #8496ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516d89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 25.688,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52404,
    "c": 0.05529,
    "h": 248.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516D89

secondary

#AD9B89

accent

#9466C2

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF2F4

border

#CACCCE

text

#0B0D10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #516D89

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

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