#516a51

Color #516a51

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark green.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 18.55 Nearest Tailwind class olive-600 #5b5b4b · ΔE 11.2

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Conversions

HEX

#516a51

RGB

rgb(81, 106, 81)

HSL

hsl(120, 13.4%, 36.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(120, 23.6%, 41.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.6%, 0%, 23.6%, 58.4%)

LAB

lab(42.23, -14.71, 11.09)

LCH

lch(42.23, 18.42, 142.99)

OKLCH

oklch(49.7%, 0.0492, 144.76)

HWB

hwb(120, 31.8%, 58.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6a516a

Analogous

#5e6a51

#516a51

#516a5e

Triadic

#516a51

#51516a

#6a5151

Split-complementary

#516a51

#5e516a

#6a515e

Tetradic

#516a51

#516a6a

#6a516a

#6a5151

Square

#516a51

#515e6a

#6a516a

#6a5e51

Shades

Color #516a51 mixed toward black.

#445844

#364736

#293529

#1b231b

#0e120e

Tints

Color #516a51 mixed toward white.

#688968

#85a285

#a3b9a3

#c2d0c2

#e0e8e0

Tones

Color #516a51 mixed toward gray.

#536853

#556655

#576457

#596259

#5b605b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.53:1

White text reads better on this background (5.95:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5d5d58 · ΔE 13.9

Deuteranopia

#5b5959 · ΔE 17.8

Tritanopia

#525d5e · ΔE 13.6

Achromatopsia

#646464 · ΔE 15.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #516a51;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#516a51]

Related colors

Forest Green #228b22

Mint Green #98ff98

Dark Green #006400

Dark Sea Green #8fbc8f

Green #008000

Honeydew #f0fff0

Frequently asked questions

#516a51 (#516a51) is rgb(81, 106, 81) in RGB.

No, #516a51 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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