#516E5D#516E5D

#516E5D is a mid, muted green. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.043 H 158.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516E5D
RGB	rgb(81, 110, 93)
HSL	hsl(145, 15%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(145, 26%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 0%, 15.5%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.79, -14.45, 6.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.79, 15.68, 157.16°)
OKLab	oklab(51.02% -0.0403 0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(51.02% 0.043 158.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.9445, 13.6911, 12.4198)
Luminance	0.1369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516E5D #6E5162

analogous

#546E51 #516E5D #516E6C

triadic

#516E5D #5D516E #6E5D51

tetradic

#516E5D #51546E #6E5162 #6E6C51

square

#516E5D #51546E #6E5162 #6E6C51

split-complementary

#516E5D #6C516E #6E5154

monochromatic

#1D2821 #374B3F #516E5D #6B917B #8EAC9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.62

#516E5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#516E5D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516E5D

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516E5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516E5D	1.00	5.62	3.74	5.62
#FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6A5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68665E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C6E69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516e5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 110, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.043 158.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82978a',
    500: '#516e5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516e5d;
$custom-light: #82978a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516e5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 144.828,
    "s": 15.183,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51016,
    "c": 0.04331,
    "h": 158.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516E5D

secondary

#99818F

accent

#709AB8

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#EFF2F0

border

#CACCCB

text

#0A0D0B

muted

#7C7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #516E5D

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

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