#516AE4#516AE4

#516AE4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.186 H 270.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516AE4
RGB	rgb(81, 106, 228)
HSL	hsl(230, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(230, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 53.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.08, 29.01, -64.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.08, 71.09, 294.08°)
OKLab	oklab(57.2% 0.0022 -0.1864)
OKLCH	oklch(57.2% 0.186 270.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.5462, 17.6568, 75.6037)
Luminance	0.1766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516AE4 #E4CB51

analogous

#51B3E4 #516AE4 #8151E4

triadic

#516AE4 #E4516A #6AE451

tetradic

#516AE4 #E451B3 #E4CB51 #51E481

square

#516AE4 #E451B3 #E4CB51 #51E481

split-complementary

#516AE4 #E48151 #B3E451

monochromatic

#1930A2 #2140D7 #516AE4 #8697EC #BBC5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#516AE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#516AE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516AE4

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516AE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516AE4	1.00	4.63	4.53	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#107BE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006EE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00879D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516ae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 106, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.186 270.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9194ed',
    500: '#516ae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516ae4;
$custom-light: #9194ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516ae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.796,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57202,
    "c": 0.18646,
    "h": 270.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516AE4

secondary

#E4DBAC

accent

#B410D5

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0E0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #516AE4

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

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