#515DAE#515DAE

#515DAE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.128 H 274.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#515DAE
RGB	rgb(81, 93, 174)
HSL	hsl(232, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(232, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 46.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.20, 18.99, -44.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.20, 48.72, 292.94°)
OKLab	oklab(50.9% 0.0102 -0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(50.9% 0.128 274.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.9452, 12.6330, 41.6871)
Luminance	0.1263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#515DAE #AEA251

analogous

#518CAE #515DAE #7351AE

triadic

#515DAE #AE515D #5DAE51

tetradic

#515DAE #AE518C #AEA251 #51AE73

square

#515DAE #AE518C #AEA251 #51AE73

split-complementary

#515DAE #AE7351 #8CAE51

monochromatic

#2A305A #3E4784 #515DAE #7B84C1 #A5ABD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#515DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#515DAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #515DAE

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##515DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##515DAE	1.00	5.95	3.53	5.95
#FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3968B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F60AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#266F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #515dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 93, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.128 274.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#888ac7',
    500: '#515dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #515dae;
$custom-light: #888ac7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#515dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.258,
    "s": 36.471,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50895,
    "c": 0.12811,
    "h": 274.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#515DAE

secondary

#C2BD99

accent

#BE5BCC

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0F0F8

border

#CBCBD1

text

#0C0B13

muted

#7D7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #515DAE

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

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