#51659C#51659C

#51659C is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.091 H 268.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51659C
RGB	rgb(81, 101, 156)
HSL	hsl(224, 32%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(224, 48%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 35.3%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.44, 8.13, -32.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.44, 33.27, 284.14°)
OKLab	oklab(51.52% -0.0032 -0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(51.52% 0.091 268)
XYZ	xyz(14.0458, 13.4561, 33.3032)
Luminance	0.1346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51659C #9C8851

analogous

#518B9C #51659C #63519C

triadic

#51659C #9C5165 #659C51

tetradic

#51659C #9C518B #9C8851 #519C63

square

#51659C #9C518B #9C8851 #519C63

split-complementary

#51659C #9C6351 #8B9C51

monochromatic

#27314B #3C4B74 #51659C #7485B7 #9CA9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69

#51659C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#51659C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51659C

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51659C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51659C	1.00	5.69	3.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#516A9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#49649B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#347179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51659c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 101, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.091 268.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8690b9',
    500: '#51659c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51659c;
$custom-light: #8690b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51659c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224,
    "s": 31.646,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51523,
    "c": 0.09085,
    "h": 268
  },
  "luminance": 0.13457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51659C

secondary

#B8AE90

accent

#AC60C8

background

#F8F8FB

surface

#F0F0F6

border

#CBCBD0

text

#0B0C11

muted

#7C7D80

Preview Lab

Preview with #51659C

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

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