#516A97#516A97

#516A97 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.078 H 261.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516A97
RGB	rgb(81, 106, 151)
HSL	hsl(219, 30%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(219, 46%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.4%, 29.8%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.65, 3.47, -27.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.65, 27.63, 277.22°)
OKLab	oklab(52.38% -0.0111 -0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(52.38% 0.078 261.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.1315, 14.2909, 31.2859)
Luminance	0.1429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516A97 #977E51

analogous

#518D97 #516A97 #5B5197

triadic

#516A97 #97516A #6A9751

tetradic

#516A97 #97518D #977E51 #51975B

square

#516A97 #97518D #977E51 #51975B

split-complementary

#516A97 #975B51 #8D9751

monochromatic

#263247 #3C4E6F #516A97 #7289B3 #9AAAC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#516A97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#516A97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516A97

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516A97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516A97	1.00	5.44	3.86	5.44
#FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#596D99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#526796

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36747A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516a97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 106, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.078 261.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8594b5',
    500: '#516a97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516a97;
$custom-light: #8594b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516a97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.571,
    "s": 30.172,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52381,
    "c": 0.07752,
    "h": 261.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516A97

secondary

#B6A88E

accent

#A261C6

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF1F6

border

#CACBD0

text

#0B0D11

muted

#7C7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #516A97

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

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