#516E66#516E66

#516E66 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.036 H 176.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516E66
RGB	rgb(81, 110, 102)
HSL	hsl(163, 15%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(163, 26%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 0%, 7.3%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.03, -12.42, 1.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.03, 12.46, 175.25°)
OKLab	oklab(51.29% -0.0361 0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(51.29% 0.036 176)
XYZ	xyz(11.3668, 13.8600, 14.6441)
Luminance	0.1386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516E66 #6E5159

analogous

#516E58 #516E66 #51686E

triadic

#516E66 #66516E #6E6651

tetradic

#516E66 #58516E #6E5159 #686E51

square

#516E66 #58516E #6E5159 #686E51

split-complementary

#516E66 #6E5168 #6E5851

monochromatic

#1D2825 #374B45 #516E66 #6B9187 #8EACA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#516E66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#516E66 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516E66

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516E66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516E66	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6A66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#666667

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A6F6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516e66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 110, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.036 176.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#829791',
    500: '#516e66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516e66;
$custom-light: #829791;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516e66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.448,
    "s": 15.183,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51293,
    "c": 0.03617,
    "h": 176
  },
  "luminance": 0.13861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516E66

secondary

#998188

accent

#7084B8

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#EFF2F0

border

#CACCCB

text

#0A0D0C

muted

#7C7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #516E66

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

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