#516F73#516F73

#516F73 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.035 H 206.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516F73
RGB	rgb(81, 111, 115)
HSL	hsl(187, 17%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(187, 30%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 3.5%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.74, -9.78, -5.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.74, 11.34, 210.42°)
OKLab	oklab(51.99% -0.0316 -0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(51.99% 0.035 206.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.1713, 14.3554, 18.3459)
Luminance	0.1436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516F73 #735551

analogous

#517366 #516F73 #515E73

triadic

#516F73 #73516F #6F7351

tetradic

#516F73 #665173 #735551 #5E7351

square

#516F73 #665173 #735551 #5E7351

split-complementary

#516F73 #73515E #736651

monochromatic

#1E2A2B #384C4F #516F73 #6B9197 #8FACB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#516F73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#516F73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516F73

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516F73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516F73	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)

#6A6C73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#646873

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#467270

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516f73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 111, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.035 206.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83989b',
    500: '#516f73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516f73;
$custom-light: #83989b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516f73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.059,
    "s": 17.347,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51987,
    "c": 0.03529,
    "h": 206.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516F73

secondary

#9D8682

accent

#776EBA

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F2

border

#CACCCC

text

#0A0D0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #516F73

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

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