#515EAE#515EAE

#515EAE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.127 H 274.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#515EAE
RGB	rgb(81, 94, 174)
HSL	hsl(232, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(232, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 46%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.48, 18.36, -44.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.48, 48.08, 292.44°)
OKLab	oklab(51.1% 0.0091 -0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(51.1% 0.127 274.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.0336, 12.8097, 41.7165)
Luminance	0.1281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#515EAE #AEA151

analogous

#518CAE #515EAE #7351AE

triadic

#515EAE #AE515E #5EAE51

tetradic

#515EAE #AE518C #AEA151 #51AE73

square

#515EAE #AE518C #AEA151 #51AE73

split-complementary

#515EAE #AE7351 #8CAE51

monochromatic

#2A315A #3E4784 #515EAE #7B85C1 #A5ABD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#515EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#515EAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #515EAE

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##515EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##515EAE	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B68B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3061AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#266F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #515eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 94, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.127 274.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#888bc7',
    500: '#515eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #515eae;
$custom-light: #888bc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#515eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.613,
    "s": 36.471,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.511,
    "c": 0.12675,
    "h": 274.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#515EAE

secondary

#C2BC99

accent

#BD5BCC

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0F0F8

border

#CBCBD1

text

#0C0C13

muted

#7D7D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #515EAE

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

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