#516BAE#516BAE

#516BAE is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.110 H 266.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516BAE
RGB	rgb(81, 107, 174)
HSL	hsl(223, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(223, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 38.5%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.07, 10.19, -38.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.07, 40.05, 284.74°)
OKLab	oklab(53.86% -0.0063 -0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(53.86% 0.11 266.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.2885, 15.3196, 42.1348)
Luminance	0.1532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516BAE #AE9451

analogous

#5199AE #516BAE #6651AE

triadic

#516BAE #AE516B #6BAE51

tetradic

#516BAE #AE5199 #AE9451 #51AE66

square

#516BAE #AE5199 #AE9451 #51AE66

split-complementary

#516BAE #AE6651 #99AE51

monochromatic

#2A385A #3E5184 #516BAE #7B8FC1 #A5B2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#516BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#516BAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516BAE

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516BAE	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5072B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4569AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#227984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 107, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.110 266.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.226,
    "s": 36.471,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53857,
    "c": 0.10976,
    "h": 266.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516BAE

secondary

#C2B799

accent

#AD5BCC

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F1F8

border

#CBCBD1

text

#0C0D13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #516BAE

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

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