#516f5b

Color #516f5b

A muted dark green.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 17.23 Nearest Tailwind class emerald-700 #007a55 · ΔE 10.8

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Conversions

HEX

#516f5b

RGB

rgb(81, 111, 91)

HSL

hsl(140, 15.6%, 37.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(140, 27%, 43.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(27%, 0%, 18%, 56.5%)

LAB

lab(44.05, -15.43, 7.66)

LCH

lch(44.05, 17.23, 153.6)

OKLCH

oklch(51.2%, 0.0472, 155.17)

HWB

hwb(140, 31.8%, 56.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6f5165

Analogous

#566f51

#516f5b

#516f6a

Triadic

#516f5b

#5b516f

#6f5b51

Split-complementary

#516f5b

#6a516f

#6f5156

Tetradic

#516f5b

#51656f

#6f5165

#6f5b51

Square

#516f5b

#51566f

#6f5165

#6f6a51

Shades

Color #516f5b mixed toward black.

#435c4c

#364a3d

#28372d

#1b251e

#0d120f

Tints

Color #516f5b mixed toward white.

#678d74

#84a58f

#a3bcab

#c2d2c7

#e0e9e3

Tones

Color #516f5b mixed toward gray.

#536c5c

#566a5d

#58675d

#5b655e

#5d625f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.77:1

White text reads better on this background (5.56:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5f6060 · ΔE 15.6

Deuteranopia

#5e5b62 · ΔE 20.6

Tritanopia

#536465 · ΔE 11.4

Achromatopsia

#686868 · ΔE 15.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #516f5b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#516f5b]

Related colors

Sea Green #2e8b57

Medium Sea Green #3cb371

Spring Green #00ff7f

Mint Cream #f5fffa

Medium Spring Green #00fa9a

Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa

Frequently asked questions

#516f5b (#516f5b) is rgb(81, 111, 91) in RGB.

No, #516f5b 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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