#516c6f

Color #516c6f

A muted dark cyan.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 10.34 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#516c6f

RGB

rgb(81, 108, 111)

HSL

hsl(186, 15.6%, 37.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186, 27%, 43.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(27%, 2.7%, 0%, 56.5%)

LAB

lab(43.69, -9.08, -4.9)

LCH

lch(43.69, 10.32, 208.35)

OKLCH

oklch(51.1%, 0.032, 204.73)

HWB

hwb(186, 31.8%, 56.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6f5451

Analogous

#516f63

#516c6f

#515d6f

Triadic

#516c6f

#6f516c

#6c6f51

Split-complementary

#516c6f

#6f515d

#6f6351

Tetradic

#516c6f

#54516f

#6f5451

#6c6f51

Square

#516c6f

#63516f

#6f5451

#5d6f51

Shades

Color #516c6f mixed toward black.

#435a5c

#36484a

#283637

#1b2425

#0d1212

Tints

Color #516c6f mixed toward white.

#678a8d

#84a2a5

#a3b9bc

#c2d1d2

#e0e8e9

Tones

Color #516c6f mixed toward gray.

#536a6c

#56686a

#586667

#5b6465

#5d6262

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.72:1

White text reads better on this background (5.64:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5e5e6e · ΔE 15.6

Deuteranopia

#5c5a6e · ΔE 17.9

Tritanopia

#536e6e · ΔE 1.7

Achromatopsia

#676767 · ΔE 10.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #516c6f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#516c6f]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#516c6f (#516c6f) is rgb(81, 108, 111) in RGB.

No, #516c6f 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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