#516b93

Color #516b93

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 12.07 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#516b93

RGB

rgb(81, 107, 147)

HSL

hsl(216.4, 28.9%, 44.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.4, 44.9%, 57.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(44.9%, 27.2%, 0%, 42.4%)

LAB

lab(44.76, 1.63, -24.86)

LCH

lch(44.76, 24.91, 273.75)

OKLCH

oklch(52.4%, 0.0707, 258.83)

HWB

hwb(216.4, 31.8%, 42.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#937951

Analogous

#518c93

#516b93

#585193

Triadic

#516b93

#93516b

#6b9351

Split-complementary

#516b93

#935851

#8c9351

Tetradic

#516b93

#795193

#937951

#6b9351

Square

#516b93

#93518c

#937951

#519358

Shades

Color #516b93 mixed toward black.

#44597a

#364762

#293549

#1b2431

#0e1218

Tints

Color #516b93 mixed toward white.

#6882ab

#869bbc

#a4b4cd

#c2cdde

#e1e6ee

Tones

Color #516b93 mixed toward gray.

#576c8d

#5c6d88

#626e82

#67707d

#6c7177

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.87:1

White text reads better on this background (5.42:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5d5e8b · ΔE 8.4

Deuteranopia

#5c5a89 · ΔE 9.6

Tritanopia

#538482 · ΔE 21.2

Achromatopsia

#6a6a6a · ΔE 16

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #516b93;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#516b93]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#516b93 (#516b93) is rgb(81, 107, 147) in RGB.

No, #516b93 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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