#516F80#516F80

#516F80 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.044 H 233.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516F80
RGB	rgb(81, 111, 128)
HSL	hsl(202, 22%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(202, 37%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 13.3%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.19, -6.30, -12.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.19, 14.32, 243.90°)
OKLab	oklab(52.49% -0.0261 -0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(52.49% 0.044 233.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.9728, 14.6760, 22.5671)
Luminance	0.1468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516F80 #806251

analogous

#518079 #516F80 #515780

triadic

#516F80 #80516F #6F8051

tetradic

#516F80 #795180 #806251 #578051

square

#516F80 #795180 #806251 #578051

split-complementary

#516F80 #805157 #807951

monochromatic

#222E35 #394E5B #516F80 #6C8FA2 #92ABBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#516F80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#516F80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516F80

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516F80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516F80	1.00	5.34	3.94	5.34
#FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676E81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#606980

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#417474

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516f80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 111, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.044 233.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8398a4',
    500: '#516f80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516f80;
$custom-light: #8398a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516f80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.702,
    "s": 22.488,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52492,
    "c": 0.04395,
    "h": 233.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516F80

secondary

#A79286

accent

#8869BF

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF2F4

border

#CACCCE

text

#0B0D0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #516F80

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

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