#515E8A#515E8A

#515E8A is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.073 H 270.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#515E8A
RGB	rgb(81, 94, 138)
HSL	hsl(226, 26%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(226, 41%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 31.9%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.56, 6.93, -26.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.56, 26.91, 284.93°)
OKLab	oklab(49% 0.0012 -0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(49% 0.073 270.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.9821, 11.5891, 25.6454)
Luminance	0.1159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#515E8A #8A7D51

analogous

#517A8A #515E8A #61518A

triadic

#515E8A #8A515E #5E8A51

tetradic

#515E8A #8A517A #8A7D51 #518A61

square

#515E8A #8A517A #8A7D51 #518A61

split-complementary

#515E8A #8A6151 #7A8A51

monochromatic

#24293D #3A4463 #515E8A #6E7CAA #959FC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.33

#515E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#515E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #515E8A

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##515E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##515E8A	1.00	6.33	3.32	6.33
#FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F628C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A5D89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F676E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #515e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 94, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.073 270.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#848bac',
    500: '#515e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #515e8a;
$custom-light: #848bac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#515e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.316,
    "s": 26.027,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48999,
    "c": 0.07268,
    "h": 270.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#515E8A

secondary

#AEA589

accent

#AD65C2

background

#F8F8FA

surface

#EFF0F4

border

#CACBCE

text

#0B0C10

muted

#7C7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #515E8A

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

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