#516AE7#516AE7

#516AE7 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.190 H 270.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516AE7
RGB	rgb(81, 106, 231)
HSL	hsl(230, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(230, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 54.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.28, 30.03, -66.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.28, 72.75, 294.38°)
OKLab	oklab(57.42% 0.0024 -0.1904)
OKLCH	oklch(57.42% 0.19 270.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.9663, 17.8248, 77.8160)
Luminance	0.1783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516AE7 #E7CE51

analogous

#51B5E7 #516AE7 #8351E7

triadic

#516AE7 #E7516A #6AE751

tetradic

#516AE7 #E751B5 #E7CE51 #51E783

square

#516AE7 #E751B5 #E7CE51 #51E783

split-complementary

#516AE7 #E78351 #B5E751

monochromatic

#172FA7 #1E3EDC #516AE7 #8798EE #BDC6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#516AE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#516AE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516AE7

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516AE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516AE7	1.00	4.60	4.57	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#027CEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006FE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00889E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516ae7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 106, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.190 270.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9194ef',
    500: '#516ae7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516ae7;
$custom-light: #9194ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516ae7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57422,
    "c": 0.19045,
    "h": 270.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516AE7

secondary

#E6DDAE

accent

#B60ED8

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0E0D17

muted

#7E7E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #516AE7

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

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