#516B97#516B97

#516B97 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.076 H 260.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516B97
RGB	rgb(81, 107, 151)
HSL	hsl(218, 30%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(218, 46%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.4%, 29.1%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.94, 2.86, -26.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.94, 27.11, 276.06°)
OKLab	oklab(52.61% -0.0125 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(52.61% 0.076 260.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.2351, 14.4982, 31.3205)
Luminance	0.1450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516B97 #977D51

analogous

#518E97 #516B97 #5A5197

triadic

#516B97 #97516B #6B9751

tetradic

#516B97 #97518E #977D51 #51975A

square

#516B97 #97518E #977D51 #51975A

split-complementary

#516B97 #975A51 #8E9751

monochromatic

#263347 #3C4F6F #516B97 #728AB3 #9AABC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#516B97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#516B97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516B97

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516B97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516B97	1.00	5.38	3.90	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B6E99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#536796

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36747A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516b97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 107, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.076 260.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8595b5',
    500: '#516b97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516b97;
$custom-light: #8595b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516b97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.714,
    "s": 30.172,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52609,
    "c": 0.07642,
    "h": 260.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516B97

secondary

#B6A78E

accent

#A161C6

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF1F6

border

#CACBD0

text

#0B0D11

muted

#7C7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #516B97

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

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