Information about #516C51 color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #516C51 reads as a softly toned leafy green and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Mineral Green (#506355). Slightly further away sit Cactus (#5B6F55) and Pickled Aspen (#5B6452).
The recipe behind #516C51 is rgb(81, 108, 81), with green as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #516C51: 5.8:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.6:1 for black. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.
#516C51 color variations
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#516C51 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#516C51 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#516C51 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#516C51 color hues
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#516C51 color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #516C51 color
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Nearest named colors to #516C51
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#506355
#5B6F55
#5B6452
#4F6348
#49764F
#57725B
#5A6457
#5B624E
#4B6F44
#47634B
#4A614A
#535E56
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#516C51
- RGB81, 108, 81
- CMYK11, 0, 11, 58
- CSSrgb(81, 108, 81)
- HSL120°, 14%, 37%
- HSL Precise120°, 14.286%, 37.059%
- HSV120°, 25%, 42%
- HSB120°, 25%, 42%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.318
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.424
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.318
- GLSLvec3(0.318, 0.424, 0.318)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.318, 0.424, 0.318, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.318, 0.424, 0.318)
- Percentage of Red in RGB31.8%
- Percentage of Green in RGB42.4%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB31.8%
- Color FamilyGreen
- Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID516C51
- DECIMAL ID5336145
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers17 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
