#516BA2#516BA2

#516BA2 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.092 H 264.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516BA2
RGB	rgb(81, 107, 162)
HSL	hsl(221, 33%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(221, 50%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 34%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.46, 6.31, -32.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.46, 33.25, 280.94°)
OKLab	oklab(53.18% -0.0093 -0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(53.18% 0.092 264.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.1705, 14.8723, 36.2467)
Luminance	0.1487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516BA2 #A28851

analogous

#5193A2 #516BA2 #6051A2

triadic

#516BA2 #A2516B #6BA251

tetradic

#516BA2 #A25193 #A28851 #51A260

square

#516BA2 #A25193 #A28851 #51A260

split-complementary

#516BA2 #A26051 #93A251

monochromatic

#283550 #3D5079 #516BA2 #768CBA #9FAECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#516BA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#516BA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516BA2

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516BA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516BA2	1.00	5.28	3.97	5.28
#FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5670A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D68A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E777F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516ba2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 107, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.092 264.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8795be',
    500: '#516ba2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516ba2;
$custom-light: #8795be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516ba2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.741,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53184,
    "c": 0.09234,
    "h": 264.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516BA2

secondary

#BCAF93

accent

#A75EC9

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F1F6

border

#CBCBD0

text

#0C0D12

muted

#7D7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #516BA2

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

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