#516ABC#516ABC

#516ABC is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.131 H 269.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516ABC
RGB	rgb(81, 106, 188)
HSL	hsl(226, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(226, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 43.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.56, 15.45, -46.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.56, 48.61, 288.53°)
OKLab	oklab(54.49% -0.0023 -0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(54.49% 0.131 269)
XYZ	xyz(17.6215, 15.6869, 49.6665)
Luminance	0.1569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516ABC #BCA351

analogous

#51A0BC #516ABC #6D51BC

triadic

#516ABC #BC516A #6ABC51

tetradic

#516ABC #BC51A0 #BCA351 #51BC6D

square

#516ABC #BC51A0 #BCA351 #51BC6D

split-complementary

#516ABC #BC6D51 #A0BC51

monochromatic

#29386A #3A4F96 #516ABC #7D90CD #A9B6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#516ABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#516ABC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516ABC

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516ABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516ABC	1.00	5.08	4.14	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4673BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#386ABA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#087C8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516abc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 106, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.131 269.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a94d0',
    500: '#516abc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516abc;
$custom-light: #8a94d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516abc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.981,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54486,
    "c": 0.13117,
    "h": 269
  },
  "luminance": 0.15688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516ABC

secondary

#CCC19D

accent

#B654D4

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F1F9

border

#CBCBD2

text

#0C0D14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #516ABC

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

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