#516f76

Color #516f76

A muted dark cyan.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 11 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#516f76

RGB

rgb(81, 111, 118)

HSL

hsl(191.4, 18.6%, 39%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(191.4, 31.4%, 46.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.4%, 5.9%, 0%, 53.7%)

LAB

lab(44.84, -9, -7.4)

LCH

lch(44.84, 11.65, 219.43)

OKLCH

oklch(52.1%, 0.0364, 213.69)

HWB

hwb(191.4, 31.8%, 53.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#765851

Analogous

#51766a

#516f76

#515c76

Triadic

#516f76

#76516f

#6f7651

Split-complementary

#516f76

#76515c

#766a51

Tetradic

#516f76

#585176

#765851

#6f7651

Square

#516f76

#6a5176

#765851

#5c7651

Shades

Color #516f76 mixed toward black.

#435c62

#364a4f

#28373b

#1b2527

#0d1214

Tints

Color #516f76 mixed toward white.

#668c95

#84a3ab

#a3bac0

#c2d1d5

#e0e8ea

Tones

Color #516f76 mixed toward gray.

#546d73

#576b70

#5a696d

#5d676a

#606567

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.89:1

White text reads better on this background (5.41:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5f6074 · ΔE 15.9

Deuteranopia

#5e5b74 · ΔE 19.1

Tritanopia

#537373 · ΔE 4.1

Achromatopsia

#6a6a6a · ΔE 11.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #516f76;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#516f76]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#516f76 (#516f76) is rgb(81, 111, 118) in RGB.

No, #516f76 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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