#516E89#516E89

#516E89 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.055 H 247.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516E89
RGB	rgb(81, 110, 137)
HSL	hsl(209, 26%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(209, 41%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 19.7%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.23, -3.15, -18.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.23, 18.45, 260.16°)
OKLab	oklab(52.64% -0.0213 -0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(52.64% 0.055 247.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.4832, 14.7066, 25.7902)
Luminance	0.1471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516E89 #896C51

analogous

#518988 #516E89 #515289

triadic

#516E89 #89516E #6E8951

tetradic

#516E89 #885189 #896C51 #528951

square

#516E89 #885189 #896C51 #528951

split-complementary

#516E89 #895152 #898851

monochromatic

#24303C #3A4F63 #516E89 #6E8DA9 #94ABC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#516E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#516E89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516E89

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516E89	1.00	5.33	3.94	5.33
#FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636E8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C6888

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D7477

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 110, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.055 247.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8497ab',
    500: '#516e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516e89;
$custom-light: #8497ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.929,
    "s": 25.688,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5264,
    "c": 0.0546,
    "h": 247.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516E89

secondary

#AD9A89

accent

#9266C2

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF2F4

border

#CACCCE

text

#0B0D10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #516E89

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

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