#516BDC#516BDC

#516BDC is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.174 H 270.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516BDC
RGB	rgb(81, 107, 220)
HSL	hsl(229, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(229, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 51.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.80, 25.66, -60.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.80, 66.02, 292.87°)
OKLab	oklab(56.82% 0.0007 -0.1745)
OKLCH	oklch(56.82% 0.174 270.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.5649, 17.4301, 69.9242)
Luminance	0.1743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516BDC #DCC251

analogous

#51B1DC #516BDC #7D51DC

triadic

#516BDC #DC516B #6BDC51

tetradic

#516BDC #DC51B1 #DCC251 #51DC7D

square

#516BDC #DC51B1 #DCC251 #51DC7D

split-complementary

#516BDC #DC7D51 #B1DC51

monochromatic

#1E3495 #2846C8 #516BDC #8496E6 #B7C2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#516BDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#516BDC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516BDC

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516BDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516BDC	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#277AE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006EDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516bdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 107, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.174 270.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f95e8',
    500: '#516bdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516bdc;
$custom-light: #8f95e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516bdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.777,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56821,
    "c": 0.17447,
    "h": 270.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516BDC

secondary

#E0D5A9

accent

#C93EE9

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0E0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #516BDC

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

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