#516E7C#516E7C

#516E7C is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.040 H 229.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516E7C
RGB	rgb(81, 110, 124)
HSL	hsl(200, 21%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(200, 35%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.7%, 11.3%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.74, -6.82, -11.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.74, 13.07, 238.54°)
OKLab	oklab(52.09% -0.0263 -0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(52.09% 0.04 229.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.6062, 14.3558, 21.1716)
Luminance	0.1436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516E7C #7C5F51

analogous

#517C75 #516E7C #51587C

triadic

#516E7C #7C516E #6E7C51

tetradic

#516E7C #75517C #7C5F51 #587C51

square

#516E7C #75517C #7C5F51 #587C51

split-complementary

#516E7C #7C5158 #7C7551

monochromatic

#212C32 #394D57 #516E7C #6C8E9F #91AAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#516E7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#516E7C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516E7C

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516E7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516E7C	1.00	5.42	3.87	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676D7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#61687C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#437272

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516e7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 110, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.040 229.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8397a2',
    500: '#516e7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516e7c;
$custom-light: #8397a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516e7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.535,
    "s": 20.976,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52089,
    "c": 0.04034,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516E7C

secondary

#A48F85

accent

#856ABE

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F2

border

#CACCCC

text

#0B0D0F

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #516E7C

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

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