#516AF2#516AF2

#516AF2 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.205 H 270.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516AF2
RGB	rgb(81, 106, 242)
HSL	hsl(231, 86%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(231, 67%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 56.2%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.06, 33.78, -71.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.06, 78.78, 295.39°)
OKLab	oklab(58.25% 0.0028 -0.2049)
OKLCH	oklch(58.25% 0.205 270.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.5690, 18.4659, 86.2567)
Luminance	0.1847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516AF2 #F2D951

analogous

#51BAF2 #516AF2 #8851F2

triadic

#516AF2 #F2516A #6AF251

tetradic

#516AF2 #F251BA #F2D951 #51F288

square

#516AF2 #F251BA #F2D951 #51F288

split-complementary

#516AF2 #F28851 #BAF251

monochromatic

#0E29BB #1839EE #516AF2 #8A9BF6 #C3CCFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#516AF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#516AF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #516AF2

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516AF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##516AF2	1.00	4.47	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007FF7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0070EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008BA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516af2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 106, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.205 270.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9394f7',
    500: '#516af2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516af2;
$custom-light: #9394f7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516af2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.683,
    "s": 86.096,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58246,
    "c": 0.2049,
    "h": 270.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516AF2

secondary

#ECE3B3

accent

#C003E3

background

#F9F9FF

surface

#F2F1FF

border

#CCCBD7

text

#0F0D17

muted

#7E7E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #516AF2

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

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