#516869

Color #516869

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark cyan.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 9.18 Nearest Tailwind class mist-600 #4b585b · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#516869

RGB

rgb(81, 104, 105)

HSL

hsl(182.5, 12.9%, 36.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(182.5, 22.9%, 41.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.9%, 1%, 0%, 58.8%)

LAB

lab(42.26, -8.26, -3.38)

LCH

lch(42.26, 8.92, 202.25)

OKLCH

oklch(49.9%, 0.0274, 199.63)

HWB

hwb(182.5, 31.8%, 58.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#695251

Analogous

#51695e

#516869

#515c69

Triadic

#516869

#695168

#686951

Split-complementary

#516869

#69515c

#695e51

Tetradic

#516869

#525169

#695251

#686951

Square

#516869

#5e5169

#695251

#5c6951

Shades

Color #516869 mixed toward black.

#445758

#364546

#293435

#1b2323

#0e1112

Tints

Color #516869 mixed toward white.

#698688

#85a0a1

#a4b8b8

#c2cfd0

#e1e7e7

Tones

Color #516869 mixed toward gray.

#536667

#556465

#576363

#596161

#5b5f5f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.53:1

White text reads better on this background (5.94:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5c5c69 · ΔE 14.1

Deuteranopia

#5a5969 · ΔE 15.7

Tritanopia

#526969 · ΔE 0.7

Achromatopsia

#646464 · ΔE 10

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #516869;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#516869]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#516869 (#516869) is rgb(81, 104, 105) in RGB.

No, #516869 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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