#516BDA#516BDA

#516BDA is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.172 H 270.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516BDA
RGB	rgb(81, 107, 218)
HSL	hsl(229, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(229, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 50.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.67, 24.98, -59.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.67, 64.91, 292.63°)
OKLab	oklab(56.68% 0.0006 -0.1718)
OKLCH	oklch(56.68% 0.172 270.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.3017, 17.3248, 68.5375)
Luminance	0.1733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516BDA #DAC051

analogous

#51AFDA #516BDA #7B51DA

triadic

#516BDA #DA516B #6BDA51

tetradic

#516BDA #DA51AF #DAC051 #51DA7B

square

#516BDA #DA51AF #DAC051 #51DA7B

split-complementary

#516BDA #DA7B51 #AFDA51

monochromatic

#1F3592 #2A47C4 #516BDA #8396E5 #B6C1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#516BDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#516BDA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516BDA

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516BDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516BDA	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B7ADE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006ED8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516bda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 107, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.172 270.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f95e6',
    500: '#516bda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516bda;
$custom-light: #8f95e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516bda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.613,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5668,
    "c": 0.17175,
    "h": 270.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516BDA

secondary

#DED4A8

accent

#C840E8

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FC

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0E0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #516BDA

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

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