#516e76

Color #516e76

A muted dark cyan.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 10.77 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#516e76

RGB

rgb(81, 110, 118)

HSL

hsl(193, 18.6%, 39%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(193, 31.4%, 46.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.4%, 6.8%, 0%, 53.7%)

LAB

lab(44.53, -8.43, -7.86)

LCH

lch(44.53, 11.53, 223)

OKLCH

oklch(51.9%, 0.036, 216.52)

HWB

hwb(193, 31.8%, 53.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#765951

Analogous

#51766b

#516e76

#515b76

Triadic

#516e76

#76516e

#6e7651

Split-complementary

#516e76

#76515b

#766b51

Tetradic

#516e76

#595176

#765951

#6e7651

Square

#516e76

#6b5176

#765951

#5b7651

Shades

Color #516e76 mixed toward black.

#435c62

#36494f

#28373b

#1b2527

#0d1214

Tints

Color #516e76 mixed toward white.

#668b95

#84a2ab

#a3b9c0

#c2d1d5

#e0e8ea

Tones

Color #516e76 mixed toward gray.

#546c73

#576a70

#5a696d

#5d676a

#606567

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.84:1

White text reads better on this background (5.47:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5f5f74 · ΔE 16.1

Deuteranopia

#5d5b74 · ΔE 18.2

Tritanopia

#537372 · ΔE 5.3

Achromatopsia

#696969 · ΔE 11.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #516e76;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#516e76]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#516e76 (#516e76) is rgb(81, 110, 118) in RGB.

No, #516e76 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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