#516ADC#516ADC

#516ADC is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.176 H 270.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516ADC
RGB	rgb(81, 106, 220)
HSL	hsl(229, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(229, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 51.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.54, 26.28, -61.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.54, 66.65, 293.22°)
OKLab	oklab(56.63% 0.0017 -0.1757)
OKLCH	oklch(56.63% 0.176 270.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.4613, 17.2228, 69.8896)
Luminance	0.1722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516ADC #DCC351

analogous

#51AFDC #516ADC #7E51DC

triadic

#516ADC #DC516A #6ADC51

tetradic

#516ADC #DC51AF #DCC351 #51DC7E

square

#516ADC #DC51AF #DCC351 #51DC7E

split-complementary

#516ADC #DC7E51 #AFDC51

monochromatic

#1E3395 #2845C8 #516ADC #8496E6 #B7C1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#516ADC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#516ADC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516ADC

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516ADC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516ADC	1.00	4.72	4.44	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#247AE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516adc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 106, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.176 270.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f94e8',
    500: '#516adc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516adc;
$custom-light: #8f94e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516adc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.209,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56626,
    "c": 0.17571,
    "h": 270.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516ADC

secondary

#E0D6A9

accent

#CB3EE9

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0E0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #516ADC

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

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