#516e40

Color #516e40

A muted dark green.

Closest named color Dark Olive Green #556b2f · ΔE 8.39 Nearest Tailwind class lime-800 #3c6300 · ΔE 9.8

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Conversions

HEX

#516e40

RGB

rgb(81, 110, 64)

HSL

hsl(97.8, 26.4%, 34.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(97.8, 41.8%, 43.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.4%, 0%, 41.8%, 56.9%)

LAB

lab(43.17, -19.83, 22.32)

LCH

lch(43.17, 29.86, 131.62)

OKLCH

oklch(50.3%, 0.0772, 134.69)

HWB

hwb(97.8, 25.1%, 56.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5d406e

Analogous

#686e40

#516e40

#406e46

Triadic

#516e40

#40516e

#6e4051

Split-complementary

#516e40

#46406e

#6e4068

Tetradic

#516e40

#406e5d

#5d406e

#6e4051

Square

#516e40

#40686e

#5d406e

#6e4640

Shades

Color #516e40 mixed toward black.

#435c35

#36492b

#283720

#1b2515

#0d120b

Tints

Color #516e40 mixed toward white.

#6b9155

#87ad71

#a5c195

#c3d6b8

#e1eadc

Tones

Color #516e40 mixed toward gray.

#526a44

#536648

#54624b

#555f4f

#565b53

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.65:1

White text reads better on this background (5.75:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5f5f4e · ΔE 13.4

Deuteranopia

#5d5b51 · ΔE 16.8

Tritanopia

#535859 · ΔE 20.2

Achromatopsia

#666666 · ΔE 19.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #516e40;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#516e40]

Related colors

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Chartreuse #7fff00

Green Yellow #adff2f

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Frequently asked questions

#516e40 (#516e40) is rgb(81, 110, 64) in RGB.

No, #516e40 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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