#516BC2#516BC2

#516BC2 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.138 H 269.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516BC2
RGB	rgb(81, 107, 194)
HSL	hsl(226, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(226, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 44.8%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.18, 16.83, -48.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.18, 51.40, 289.11°)
OKLab	oklab(55.07% -0.0024 -0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(55.07% 0.138 269)
XYZ	xyz(18.3854, 16.1583, 53.1785)
Luminance	0.1616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516BC2 #C2A851

analogous

#51A4C2 #516BC2 #7051C2

triadic

#516BC2 #C2516B #6BC251

tetradic

#516BC2 #C251A4 #C2A851 #51C270

square

#516BC2 #C251A4 #C2A851 #51C270

split-complementary

#516BC2 #C27051 #A4C251

monochromatic

#283871 #374F9E #516BC2 #7E92D2 #ACB8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#516BC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#516BC2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516BC2

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516BC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516BC2	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4375C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#346BC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007E8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516bc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 107, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.138 269.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b95d5',
    500: '#516bc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516bc2;
$custom-light: #8b95d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516bc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.195,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55073,
    "c": 0.13843,
    "h": 269
  },
  "luminance": 0.1616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516BC2

secondary

#D0C49F

accent

#B850D8

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F1FA

border

#CBCBD3

text

#0D0D14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #516BC2

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

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