Recognised as Colour

#516F79

#516F79
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Slate grey

#516F79 is a cyan with RGB values 81, 111, 121 and HSL 195°, 20%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

#516F79#516F79

HEX#516F79

RGBrgb(81, 111, 121)

RGB (0–1)0.3176, 0.4353, 0.4745

RGB percentages31.8%, 43.5%, 47.5%

HSLhsl(195, 19.8%, 39.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(195, 33.1%, 47.5%)

CMYK33.1%, 8.3%, 0%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,336,953

CSS custom property--colour: #516F79;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14499WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness104.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.38:1

Contrast with white5.38:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#696969

Inverted#AE9086

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#696D7Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#626879no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.9 from the original

Tritanopia#437272no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.9:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 10.1 Dim grey · ΔE 12.2 Light slate grey · ΔE 12.7 Gray · ΔE 15 Dark slate grey · ΔE 15.1 Cadetblue · ΔE 19.9

Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 10.07, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#795B51

Analogous#51796F, #515B79

Triadic#79516F, #6F7951

Split complementary#79515B, #796F51

Tetradic#6F5179, #795B51, #5B7951

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#C1D0D5

Lighter +30%#A2B9C1

Lighter +20%#84A2AC

Lighter +10%#658B98

Darker −10%#3D535A

Darker −20%#28373C

Darker −30%#141B1D

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#387C92

Less saturated −25%#656565

Channel breakdown

R81

G111

B121

Red81 (31.8%)

Green111 (43.5%)

Blue121 (47.5%)

Hue195°

Saturation (HSL)19.8%

Lightness39.61%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 51 · G 6F · B 79

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