#516b5d

Color #516b5d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark green.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 13.71 Nearest Tailwind class olive-600 #5b5b4b · ΔE 11.3

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Conversions

HEX

#516b5d

RGB

rgb(81, 107, 93)

HSL

hsl(147.7, 13.8%, 36.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(147.7, 24.3%, 42%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.3%, 0%, 13.1%, 58%)

LAB

lab(42.85, -12.77, 4.74)

LCH

lch(42.85, 13.62, 159.64)

OKLCH

oklch(50.3%, 0.0379, 161.09)

HWB

hwb(147.7, 31.8%, 58%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6b515f

Analogous

#526b51

#516b5d

#516b6a

Triadic

#516b5d

#5d516b

#6b5d51

Split-complementary

#516b5d

#6a516b

#6b5152

Tetradic

#516b5d

#515f6b

#6b515f

#6b5d51

Square

#516b5d

#51526b

#6b515f

#6b6a51

Shades

Color #516b5d mixed toward black.

#44594e

#36473e

#29362f

#1b241f

#0e1210

Tints

Color #516b5d mixed toward white.

#688a78

#85a393

#a3baae

#c2d1c9

#e0e8e4

Tones

Color #516b5d mixed toward gray.

#53695d

#55675d

#58655e

#5a625e

#5c605e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.82:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.61:1

White text reads better on this background (5.82:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5d5e61 · ΔE 14.8

Deuteranopia

#5c5a61 · ΔE 18

Tritanopia

#536364 · ΔE 8.9

Achromatopsia

#656565 · ΔE 13.6

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #516b5d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#516b5d]

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Medium Spring Green #00fa9a

Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa

Frequently asked questions

#516b5d (#516b5d) is rgb(81, 107, 93) in RGB.

No, #516b5d is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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