#516E8A#516E8A

#516E8A is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.056 H 248.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516E8A
RGB	rgb(81, 110, 138)
HSL	hsl(209, 26%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(209, 41%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 20.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.27, -2.86, -18.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.27, 18.93, 261.31°)
OKLab	oklab(52.68% -0.0209 -0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(52.68% 0.056 248.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.5552, 14.7354, 26.1698)
Luminance	0.1474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516E8A #8A6D51

analogous

#518A89 #516E8A #51518A

triadic

#516E8A #8A516E #6E8A51

tetradic

#516E8A #89518A #8A6D51 #518A51

square

#516E8A #89518A #8A6D51 #518A51

split-complementary

#516E8A #8A5151 #8A8951

monochromatic

#24313D #3A4F63 #516E8A #6E8DAA #95ABC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.32

#516E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.95

#516E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516E8A

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516E8A	1.00	5.32	3.95	5.32
#FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636E8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C6989

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C7477

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 110, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.056 248.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8497ac',
    500: '#516e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516e8a;
$custom-light: #8497ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.474,
    "s": 26.027,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52684,
    "c": 0.05586,
    "h": 248.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516E8A

secondary

#AE9B89

accent

#9365C2

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF2F4

border

#CACCCE

text

#0B0D10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #516E8A

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

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