#515E79#515E79

#515E79 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.047 H 264.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#515E79
RGB	rgb(81, 94, 121)
HSL	hsl(221, 20%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(221, 33%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 22.3%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.81, 1.98, -16.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.81, 16.95, 276.70°)
OKLab	oklab(48.17% -0.0043 -0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(48.17% 0.047 264.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.8462, 11.1348, 19.6632)
Luminance	0.1114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#515E79 #796C51

analogous

#517279 #515E79 #585179

triadic

#515E79 #79515E #5E7951

tetradic

#515E79 #795172 #796C51 #517958

square

#515E79 #795172 #796C51 #517958

split-complementary

#515E79 #795851 #727951

monochromatic

#202530 #384254 #515E79 #6B7B9C #909CB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.51

#515E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#515E79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #515E79

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##515E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##515E79	1.00	6.51	3.23	6.51
#FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#55607A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#515C78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#466367

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #515e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 94, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.047 264.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#838b9f',
    500: '#515e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #515e79;
$custom-light: #838b9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#515e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.5,
    "s": 19.802,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48169,
    "c": 0.04663,
    "h": 264.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#515E79

secondary

#A29884

accent

#A26BBC

background

#F8F8F9

surface

#EFF0F2

border

#CACBCC

text

#0A0C0E

muted

#7C7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #515E79

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

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