#516AEB#516AEB

#516AEB is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.196 H 270.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516AEB
RGB	rgb(81, 106, 235)
HSL	hsl(230, 79%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(230, 66%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 54.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.56, 31.40, -68.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.56, 74.95, 294.77°)
OKLab	oklab(57.72% 0.0026 -0.1957)
OKLCH	oklch(57.72% 0.196 270.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.5377, 18.0534, 80.8254)
Luminance	0.1806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516AEB #EBD251

analogous

#51B7EB #516AEB #8551EB

triadic

#516AEB #EB516A #6AEB51

tetradic

#516AEB #EB51B7 #EBD251 #51EB85

square

#516AEB #EB51B7 #EBD251 #51EB85

split-complementary

#516AEB #EB8551 #B7EB51

monochromatic

#142DAE #1A3BE5 #516AEB #8899F1 #BFC8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#516AEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#516AEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #516AEB

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006FE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0089A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516aeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 106, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.196 270.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516aeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.26,
    "s": 79.381,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57719,
    "c": 0.19575,
    "h": 270.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516AEB

secondary

#E8DFB0

accent

#BA0ADC

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0E0D17

muted

#7E7E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #516AEB

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

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