#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
RGBrgb(81, 110, 93)
HSLhsl(145, 15%, 37%)
HSVhsv(145, 26%, 43%)
CMYKcmyk(26.4%, 0%, 15.5%, 56.9%)
CIE-LABlab(43.79, -14.45, 6.09)
CIE-LCHlch(43.79, 15.68, 157.16°)
OKLaboklab(51.02% -0.0403 0.0157)
OKLCHoklch(51.02% 0.043 158.7)
XYZxyz(10.9445, 13.6911, 12.4198)
Luminance0.1369 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

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
##516E5D1.005.623.745.62
#FFFFFF5.621.0021.001.00
#0000003.7421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.621.0021.001.00

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

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#516E5D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva