#515AE2#515AE2

#515AE2 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.203 H 274.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#515AE2
RGB	rgb(81, 90, 226)
HSL	hsl(236, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(236, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 60.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.01, 38.19, -70.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.01, 80.06, 298.49°)
OKLab	oklab(54.13% 0.0158 -0.2027)
OKLCH	oklch(54.13% 0.203 274.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.7724, 14.5509, 73.6507)
Luminance	0.1455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#515AE2 #E2D951

analogous

#51A2E2 #515AE2 #9151E2

triadic

#515AE2 #E2515A #5AE251

tetradic

#515AE2 #E251A2 #E2D951 #51E291

square

#515AE2 #E251A2 #E2D951 #51E291

split-complementary

#515AE2 #E29151 #A2E251

monochromatic

#1A239E #232ED3 #515AE2 #858CEB #BABDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#515AE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#515AE2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #515AE2

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##515AE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##515AE2	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0064DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #515ae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 90, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.203 274.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9188ec',
    500: '#515ae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #515ae2;
$custom-light: #9188ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#515ae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.276,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54129,
    "c": 0.20332,
    "h": 274.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#515AE2

secondary

#E3E0AC

accent

#C712D3

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2F0FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0E0B16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #515AE2

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

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