#516b60

Color #516b60

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark green.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 12.57 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 10.9

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Conversions

HEX

#516b60

RGB

rgb(81, 107, 96)

HSL

hsl(154.6, 13.8%, 36.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(154.6, 24.3%, 42%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.3%, 0%, 10.3%, 58%)

LAB

lab(42.93, -12.1, 3.05)

LCH

lch(42.93, 12.48, 165.85)

OKLCH

oklch(50.3%, 0.0354, 167.1)

HWB

hwb(154.6, 31.8%, 58%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6b515c

Analogous

#516b53

#516b60

#51696b

Triadic

#516b60

#60516b

#6b6051

Split-complementary

#516b60

#6b5169

#6b5351

Tetradic

#516b60

#515c6b

#6b515c

#6b6051

Square

#516b60

#53516b

#6b515c

#696b51

Shades

Color #516b60 mixed toward black.

#445950

#364740

#293630

#1b2420

#0e1210

Tints

Color #516b60 mixed toward white.

#688a7b

#85a396

#a3bab0

#c2d1ca

#e0e8e5

Tones

Color #516b60 mixed toward gray.

#536960

#55675f

#58655f

#5a625f

#5c605e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.62:1

White text reads better on this background (5.8:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5d5e63 · ΔE 14.9

Deuteranopia

#5c5a63 · ΔE 18

Tritanopia

#536565 · ΔE 6.7

Achromatopsia

#656565 · ΔE 13

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #516b60;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#516b60]

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Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa

Aquamarine #7fffd4

Medium Sea Green #3cb371

Frequently asked questions

#516b60 (#516b60) is rgb(81, 107, 96) in RGB.

No, #516b60 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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