#516BB7#516BB7

#516BB7 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.123 H 268.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516BB7
RGB	rgb(81, 107, 183)
HSL	hsl(225, 41%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(225, 56%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 41.5%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.55, 13.16, -43.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.55, 45.16, 286.94°)
OKLab	oklab(54.39% -0.0044 -0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(54.39% 0.123 268)
XYZ	xyz(17.1954, 15.6823, 46.9114)
Luminance	0.1568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516BB7 #B79D51

analogous

#519EB7 #516BB7 #6A51B7

triadic

#516BB7 #B7516B #6BB751

tetradic

#516BB7 #B7519E #B79D51 #51B76A

square

#516BB7 #B7519E #B79D51 #51B76A

split-complementary

#516BB7 #B76A51 #9EB751

monochromatic

#293864 #3B518F #516BB7 #7C90C9 #A8B5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#516BB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#516BB7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516BB7

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516BB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516BB7	1.00	5.08	4.14	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B73BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E6AB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#157C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516bb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 107, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.123 268.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8995cd',
    500: '#516bb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516bb7;
$custom-light: #8995cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516bb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.706,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5439,
    "c": 0.12275,
    "h": 268
  },
  "luminance": 0.15684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516BB7

secondary

#C8BD9C

accent

#B257D1

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F1F9

border

#CBCBD2

text

#0C0D13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #516BB7

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

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