#516BBE#516BBE

#516BBE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.133 H 268.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516BBE
RGB	rgb(81, 107, 190)
HSL	hsl(226, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(226, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 43.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.95, 15.49, -46.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.95, 49.14, 288.38°)
OKLab	oklab(54.82% -0.0031 -0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(54.82% 0.133 268.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.9422, 15.9810, 50.8444)
Luminance	0.1598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516BBE #BEA451

analogous

#51A1BE #516BBE #6D51BE

triadic

#516BBE #BE516B #6BBE51

tetradic

#516BBE #BE51A1 #BEA451 #51BE6D

square

#516BBE #BE51A1 #BEA451 #51BE6D

split-complementary

#516BBE #BE6D51 #A1BE51

monochromatic

#28396C #395099 #516BBE #7E91CF #AAB7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#516BBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#516BBE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516BBE

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516BBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516BBE	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4674C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#386BBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007D8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516bbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 107, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.133 268.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a95d2',
    500: '#516bbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516bbe;
$custom-light: #8a95d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516bbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.688,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54821,
    "c": 0.13276,
    "h": 268.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516BBE

secondary

#CDC29E

accent

#B653D5

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F1F9

border

#CBCBD2

text

#0C0D14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #516BBE

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

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