#516AC2#516AC2

#516AC2 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.140 H 269.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516AC2
RGB	rgb(81, 106, 194)
HSL	hsl(227, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(227, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 45.4%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.91, 17.46, -49.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.91, 52.02, 289.61°)
OKLab	oklab(54.87% -0.0013 -0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(54.87% 0.14 269.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.2817, 15.9510, 53.1439)
Luminance	0.1595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516AC2 #C2A951

analogous

#51A3C2 #516AC2 #7151C2

triadic

#516AC2 #C2516A #6AC251

tetradic

#516AC2 #C251A3 #C2A951 #51C271

square

#516AC2 #C251A3 #C2A951 #51C271

split-complementary

#516AC2 #C27151 #A3C251

monochromatic

#283871 #374E9E #516AC2 #7E91D2 #ACB8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#516AC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#516AC2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516AC2

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516AC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516AC2	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4275C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#316AC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007E8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516ac2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 106, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.140 269.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b94d5',
    500: '#516ac2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516ac2;
$custom-light: #8b94d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516ac2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.726,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54866,
    "c": 0.1397,
    "h": 269.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516AC2

secondary

#D0C59F

accent

#BA50D8

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F1FA

border

#CBCBD3

text

#0D0D14

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #516AC2

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

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