#516BAD#516BAD

#516BAD is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.108 H 266.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516BAD
RGB	rgb(81, 107, 173)
HSL	hsl(223, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(223, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 38.2%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.02, 9.86, -38.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.02, 39.48, 284.47°)
OKLab	oklab(53.8% -0.0065 -0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(53.8% 0.108 266.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.1914, 15.2807, 41.6233)
Luminance	0.1528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516BAD #AD9351

analogous

#5199AD #516BAD #6551AD

triadic

#516BAD #AD516B #6BAD51

tetradic

#516BAD #AD5199 #AD9351 #51AD65

square

#516BAD #AD5199 #AD9351 #51AD65

split-complementary

#516BAD #AD6551 #99AD51

monochromatic

#2A375A #3D5183 #516BAD #7A8EC1 #A4B2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#516BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#516BAD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516BAD

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516BAD	1.00	5.18	4.06	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5171B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4669AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#247984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 107, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.108 266.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8895c6',
    500: '#516bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516bad;
$custom-light: #8895c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.043,
    "s": 36.22,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53799,
    "c": 0.10832,
    "h": 266.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516BAD

secondary

#C2B698

accent

#AC5CCC

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F1F8

border

#CBCBD1

text

#0C0D13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #516BAD

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

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