#516AE6#516AE6

#516AE6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.189 H 270.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516AE6
RGB	rgb(81, 106, 230)
HSL	hsl(230, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(230, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 53.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.21, 29.69, -65.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.21, 72.19, 294.29°)
OKLab	oklab(57.35% 0.0023 -0.1891)
OKLCH	oklch(57.35% 0.189 270.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.8255, 17.7685, 77.0743)
Luminance	0.1777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516AE6 #E6CD51

analogous

#51B4E6 #516AE6 #8251E6

triadic

#516AE6 #E6516A #6AE651

tetradic

#516AE6 #E651B4 #E6CD51 #51E682

square

#516AE6 #E651B4 #E6CD51 #51E682

split-complementary

#516AE6 #E68251 #B4E651

monochromatic

#182FA5 #1F3FDA #516AE6 #8798EE #BCC6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#516AE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#516AE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516AE6

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516AE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516AE6	1.00	4.61	4.55	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#077CEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006FE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00889E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516ae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 106, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.189 270.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9194ef',
    500: '#516ae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516ae6;
$custom-light: #9194ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516ae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.933,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57349,
    "c": 0.18912,
    "h": 270.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516AE6

secondary

#E5DCAD

accent

#B50ED7

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0E0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #516AE6

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

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