#516F7D#516F7D

#516F7D is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.041 H 228.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516F7D
RGB	rgb(81, 111, 125)
HSL	hsl(199, 21%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(199, 35%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 11.2%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.08, -7.13, -11.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.08, 13.30, 237.60°)
OKLab	oklab(52.37% -0.0273 -0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(52.37% 0.041 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.7783, 14.5982, 21.5425)
Luminance	0.1460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516F7D #7D5F51

analogous

#517D75 #516F7D #51597D

triadic

#516F7D #7D516F #6F7D51

tetradic

#516F7D #75517D #7D5F51 #597D51

square

#516F7D #75517D #7D5F51 #597D51

split-complementary

#516F7D #7D5159 #7D7551

monochromatic

#212D33 #394E58 #516F7D #6C8FA0 #91ABB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#516F7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#516F7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516F7D

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516F7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516F7D	1.00	5.36	3.92	5.36
#FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686E7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#61687D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#427373

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516f7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 111, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.041 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8398a2',
    500: '#516f7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516f7d;
$custom-light: #8398a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516f7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.091,
    "s": 21.359,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52371,
    "c": 0.04118,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516F7D

secondary

#A58F85

accent

#856ABE

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF2F3

border

#CACCCD

text

#0B0D0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #516F7D

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

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