#515BAE#515BAE

#515BAE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.131 H 275.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#515BAE
RGB	rgb(81, 91, 174)
HSL	hsl(234, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(234, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 47.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.67, 20.26, -45.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.67, 50.02, 293.89°)
OKLab	oklab(50.49% 0.0126 -0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(50.49% 0.131 275.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.7720, 12.2865, 41.6293)
Luminance	0.1229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#515BAE #AEA451

analogous

#518AAE #515BAE #7551AE

triadic

#515BAE #AE515B #5BAE51

tetradic

#515BAE #AE518A #AEA451 #51AE75

square

#515BAE #AE518A #AEA451 #51AE75

split-complementary

#515BAE #AE7551 #8AAE51

monochromatic

#2A2F5A #3E4584 #515BAE #7B82C1 #A5AAD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.07

#515BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#515BAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #515BAE

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##515BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##515BAE	1.00	6.07	3.46	6.07
#FFFFFF	6.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3566B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B5FAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#266D7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #515bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 91, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.131 275.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8989c7',
    500: '#515bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #515bae;
$custom-light: #8989c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#515bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.548,
    "s": 36.471,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50487,
    "c": 0.13085,
    "h": 275.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#515BAE

secondary

#C2BE99

accent

#C05BCC

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0F0F8

border

#CBCBD1

text

#0C0B13

muted

#7D7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #515BAE

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

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