#516F7A#516F7A

#516F7A is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.039 H 222.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516F7A
RGB	rgb(81, 111, 122)
HSL	hsl(196, 20%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(196, 34%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 9%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.97, -7.94, -9.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.97, 12.45, 230.38°)
OKLab	oklab(52.25% -0.0286 -0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(52.25% 0.039 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.5895, 14.5227, 20.5484)
Luminance	0.1452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516F7A #7A5C51

analogous

#517A71 #516F7A #515A7A

triadic

#516F7A #7A516F #6F7A51

tetradic

#516F7A #71517A #7A5C51 #5A7A51

square

#516F7A #71517A #7A5C51 #5A7A51

split-complementary

#516F7A #7A515A #7A7151

monochromatic

#202C30 #394E55 #516F7A #6B909D #90ABB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#516F7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#516F7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516F7A

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516F7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516F7A	1.00	5.38	3.90	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696D7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#62687A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#437372

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516f7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 111, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.039 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8398a0',
    500: '#516f7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516f7a;
$custom-light: #8398a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516f7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.098,
    "s": 20.197,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52252,
    "c": 0.03882,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516F7A

secondary

#A38C84

accent

#816BBD

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F2

border

#CACCCC

text

#0B0D0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #516F7A

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

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