#516AE2#516AE2

#516AE2 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.184 H 270.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516AE2
RGB	rgb(81, 106, 226)
HSL	hsl(230, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(230, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 53.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.94, 28.33, -63.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.94, 69.98, 293.88°)
OKLab	oklab(57.06% 0.0021 -0.1838)
OKLCH	oklch(57.06% 0.184 270.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.2702, 17.5464, 74.1499)
Luminance	0.1755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516AE2 #E2C951

analogous

#51B3E2 #516AE2 #8051E2

triadic

#516AE2 #E2516A #6AE251

tetradic

#516AE2 #E251B3 #E2C951 #51E280

square

#516AE2 #E251B3 #E2C951 #51E280

split-complementary

#516AE2 #E28051 #B3E251

monochromatic

#1A319E #2341D3 #516AE2 #8597EB #BAC4F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#516AE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#516AE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516AE2

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516AE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516AE2	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#177BE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006EE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00869C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516ae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 106, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.184 270.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9094ec',
    500: '#516ae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516ae2;
$custom-light: #9094ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516ae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.655,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57057,
    "c": 0.18379,
    "h": 270.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516AE2

secondary

#E3DAAC

accent

#B212D3

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0E0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #516AE2

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

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