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Recognised as Colour

#516F7D

  • #516F7D
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate grey

#516F7D is a cyan with RGB values 81, 111, 125 and HSL 199°, 21%, 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

#516F7D#516F7D
HEX#516F7D
RGBrgb(81, 111, 125)
RGB (0–1)0.3176, 0.4353, 0.4902
RGB percentages31.8%, 43.5%, 49%
HSLhsl(199.1, 21.4%, 40.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.1, 35.2%, 49%)
CMYK35.2%, 11.2%, 0%, 51%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,336,957
CSS custom property--colour: #516F7D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14599WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness104.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.36:1
Contrast with white5.36:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6A6A6A
Inverted#AE9082

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#686E7Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#61687Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.5 from the original
Tritanopia#427373no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.36:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.92:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 9.2Light slate grey · ΔE 11.9Dim grey · ΔE 13.3Gray · ΔE 15.8Dark slate grey · ΔE 16.4Cadetblue · ΔE 20.7
Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 9.24, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7D5F51
Analogous#517D75, #51597D
Triadic#7D516F, #6F7D51
Split complementary#7D5159, #7D7551
Tetradic#75517D, #7D5F51, #597D51

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C2D1D8
Lighter +30%#A3B9C4
Lighter +20%#84A2B0
Lighter +10%#658A9C
Darker −10%#3D545E
Darker −20%#29383F
Darker −30%#151D20
Darker −40%#010101
More saturated +25%#377897
Less saturated −25%#676767

Channel breakdown

R81
G111
B125
Red81 (31.8%)
Green111 (43.5%)
Blue125 (49%)
Hue199.09°
Saturation (HSL)21.36%
Lightness40.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 51 · G 6F · B 7D

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