#515AE6#515AE6

#515AE6 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.208 H 274.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#515AE6
RGB	rgb(81, 90, 230)
HSL	hsl(236, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(236, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 60.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.32, 39.52, -72.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.32, 82.25, 298.72°)
OKLab	oklab(54.45% 0.0157 -0.2079)
OKLCH	oklch(54.45% 0.208 274.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.3277, 14.7730, 76.5751)
Luminance	0.1477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#515AE6 #E6DD51

analogous

#51A4E6 #515AE6 #9251E6

triadic

#515AE6 #E6515A #5AE651

tetradic

#515AE6 #E651A4 #E6DD51 #51E692

square

#515AE6 #E651A4 #E6DD51 #51E692

split-complementary

#515AE6 #E69251 #A4E651

monochromatic

#1820A5 #1F2BDA #515AE6 #878DEE #BCBFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.31

#515AE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.95

#515AE6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #515AE6

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##515AE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##515AE6	1.00	5.31	3.95	5.31
#FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0065E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007D97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #515ae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 90, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.208 274.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9289ef',
    500: '#515ae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #515ae6;
$custom-light: #9289ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#515ae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.376,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54453,
    "c": 0.20846,
    "h": 274.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#515AE6

secondary

#E5E2AD

accent

#CB0ED7

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2F0FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0E0B17

muted

#7E7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #515AE6

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

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