#516AEA#516AEA

#516AEA is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.194 H 270.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516AEA
RGB	rgb(81, 106, 234)
HSL	hsl(230, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(230, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 54.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.49, 31.06, -67.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.49, 74.40, 294.67°)
OKLab	oklab(57.64% 0.0025 -0.1944)
OKLCH	oklch(57.64% 0.194 270.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.3936, 17.9958, 80.0666)
Luminance	0.1800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516AEA #EAD151

analogous

#51B7EA #516AEA #8551EA

triadic

#516AEA #EA516A #6AEA51

tetradic

#516AEA #EA51B7 #EAD151 #51EA85

square

#516AEA #EA51B7 #EAD151 #51EA85

split-complementary

#516AEA #EA8551 #B7EA51

monochromatic

#152DAC #1B3CE2 #516AEA #8899F1 #BEC8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#516AEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#516AEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #516AEA

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006FE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0089A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516aea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 106, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.194 270.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9294f2',
    500: '#516aea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516aea;
$custom-light: #9294f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516aea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.196,
    "s": 78.462,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57644,
    "c": 0.19443,
    "h": 270.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516AEA

secondary

#E8DEAF

accent

#B90BDB

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0E0D17

muted

#7E7E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #516AEA

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

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