Information about #516E7A color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #516E7A reads as a gently muted sky-leaning azure and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Marble Blue (#566D7E). Slightly further away sit Sabbatical (#547377) and Dark Electric Blue (#536878).
Technically, the mix leans on its blue channel (rgb(81, 110, 122)), which gives #516E7A its character. On this background, white text reaches a 5.4:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); black stays at 3.9:1. #516E7A has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.
#516E7A color variations
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#516E7A color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#516E7A color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#516E7A color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#516E7A color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#516E7A 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 #516E7A color
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Nearest named colors to #516E7A
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#566D7E
#547377
#536878
#4E6E81
#486C7A
#536872
#4F6971
#4C787E
#516572
#517B78
#5E7175
#4C6B88
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#516E7A
- RGB81, 110, 122
- CMYK16, 5, 0, 52
- CSSrgb(81, 110, 122)
- HSL198°, 20%, 40%
- HSL Precise197.561°, 20.197%, 39.804%
- HSV198°, 34%, 48%
- HSB198°, 34%, 48%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.318
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.431
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.478
- GLSLvec3(0.318, 0.431, 0.478)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.318, 0.431, 0.478, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.318, 0.431, 0.478)
- Percentage of Red in RGB31.8%
- Percentage of Green in RGB43.1%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB47.8%
- Color FamilyAzure
- Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID516E7A
- DECIMAL ID5336698
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers12 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
