#516482#516482

#516482 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.053 H 259.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516482
RGB	rgb(81, 100, 130)
HSL	hsl(217, 23%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(217, 38%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 23.1%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.96, 0.85, -18.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.96, 19.01, 272.57°)
OKLab	oklab(49.98% -0.0098 -0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(49.98% 0.053 259.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.9785, 12.4748, 22.8915)
Luminance	0.1247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516482 #826F51

analogous

#517D82 #516482 #575182

triadic

#516482 #825164 #648251

tetradic

#516482 #82517D #826F51 #518257

square

#516482 #82517D #826F51 #518257

split-complementary

#516482 #825751 #7D8251

monochromatic

#222A37 #3A475C #516482 #6C82A4 #92A2BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.01

#516482 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#516482 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516482

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516482	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516482	1.00	6.01	3.50	6.01
#FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#596683

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#546181

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#416A6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516482;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 100, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.053 259.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8390a6',
    500: '#516482',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516482;
$custom-light: #8390a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516482",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.735,
    "s": 23.223,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49978,
    "c": 0.05349,
    "h": 259.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516482

secondary

#A89B87

accent

#9E68C0

background

#F8F8FA

surface

#EFF0F4

border

#CACBCE

text

#0B0C0F

muted

#7C7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #516482

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

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