#51516c

Color #51516c

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 14.24 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#51516c

RGB

rgb(81, 81, 108)

HSL

hsl(240, 14.3%, 37.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 25%, 42.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(25%, 25%, 0%, 57.6%)

LAB

lab(35.43, 6.56, -15.5)

LCH

lch(35.43, 16.83, 292.94)

OKLCH

oklch(44.6%, 0.044, 284.48)

HWB

hwb(240, 31.8%, 57.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6c6c51

Analogous

#515f6c

#51516c

#5f516c

Triadic

#51516c

#6c5151

#516c51

Split-complementary

#51516c

#6c5f51

#5f6c51

Tetradic

#51516c

#6c516c

#6c6c51

#516c51

Square

#51516c

#6c515f

#6c6c51

#516c5f

Shades

Color #51516c mixed toward black.

#44445a

#363648

#292936

#1b1b24

#0e0e12

Tints

Color #51516c mixed toward white.

#68688b

#8585a3

#a3a3ba

#c2c2d1

#e0e0e8

Tones

Color #51516c mixed toward gray.

#53536a

#565668

#585865

#5a5a63

#5c5c61

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.74:1

White text reads better on this background (7.65:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#515166 · ΔE 2.4

Deuteranopia

#515165 · ΔE 2.8

Tritanopia

#516160 · ΔE 17.8

Achromatopsia

#535353 · ΔE 13

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #51516c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#51516c]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#51516c (#51516c) is rgb(81, 81, 108) in RGB.

No, #51516c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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