#515AE0#515AE0

#515AE0 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.201 H 274.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#515AE0
RGB	rgb(81, 90, 224)
HSL	hsl(236, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(236, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 59.8%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.86, 37.52, -69.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.86, 78.97, 298.37°)
OKLab	oklab(53.97% 0.0159 -0.2001)
OKLCH	oklch(53.97% 0.201 274.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.4996, 14.4417, 72.2138)
Luminance	0.1444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#515AE0 #E0D751

analogous

#51A1E0 #515AE0 #9051E0

triadic

#515AE0 #E0515A #5AE051

tetradic

#515AE0 #E051A1 #E0D751 #51E090

square

#515AE0 #E051A1 #E0D751 #51E090

split-complementary

#515AE0 #E09051 #A1E051

monochromatic

#1C249B #2530CF #515AE0 #858BE9 #B9BDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#515AE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#515AE0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #515AE0

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##515AE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##515AE0	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0064DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #515ae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 90, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.201 274.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9188eb',
    500: '#515ae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #515ae0;
$custom-light: #9188eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#515ae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.224,
    "s": 69.756,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53968,
    "c": 0.20073,
    "h": 274.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#515AE0

secondary

#E2DFAB

accent

#E13BED

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2F0FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0E0B16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #515AE0

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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