#516A99#516A99

#516A99 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.080 H 262.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516A99
RGB	rgb(81, 106, 153)
HSL	hsl(219, 31%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(219, 47%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 30.7%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.74, 4.09, -28.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.74, 28.75, 278.18°)
OKLab	oklab(52.48% -0.0105 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(52.48% 0.08 262.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.2953, 14.3564, 32.1486)
Luminance	0.1436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516A99 #998051

analogous

#518E99 #516A99 #5C5199

triadic

#516A99 #99516A #6A9951

tetradic

#516A99 #99518E #998051 #51995C

square

#516A99 #99518E #998051 #51995C

split-complementary

#516A99 #995C51 #8E9951

monochromatic

#273349 #3C4E71 #516A99 #738AB5 #9BABCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#516A99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#516A99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516A99

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516A99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516A99	1.00	5.42	3.87	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#596D9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#516798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35747B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516a99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 106, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.080 262.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8694b7',
    500: '#516a99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516a99;
$custom-light: #8694b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516a99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.167,
    "s": 30.769,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52484,
    "c": 0.08042,
    "h": 262.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516A99

secondary

#B7A98F

accent

#A461C7

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F1F6

border

#CBCBD0

text

#0B0D11

muted

#7C7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #516A99

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

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