#516BEA#516BEA

#516BEA is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.193 H 270.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516BEA
RGB	rgb(81, 107, 234)
HSL	hsl(230, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(230, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 54.3%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.74, 30.44, -67.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.74, 73.77, 294.37°)
OKLab	oklab(57.83% 0.0017 -0.1932)
OKLCH	oklch(57.83% 0.193 270.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.4973, 18.2031, 80.1012)
Luminance	0.1820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516BEA #EAD051

analogous

#51B8EA #516BEA #8451EA

triadic

#516BEA #EA516B #6BEA51

tetradic

#516BEA #EA51B8 #EAD051 #51EA84

square

#516BEA #EA51B8 #EAD051 #51EA84

split-complementary

#516BEA #EA8451 #B8EA51

monochromatic

#152EAC #1B3DE2 #516BEA #8899F1 #BEC8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#516BEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#516BEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #516BEA

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516BEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##516BEA	1.00	4.52	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0070E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0089A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516bea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 107, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.193 270.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9295f2',
    500: '#516bea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516bea;
$custom-light: #9295f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516bea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.804,
    "s": 78.462,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57832,
    "c": 0.19321,
    "h": 270.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516BEA

secondary

#E8DEAF

accent

#B70BDB

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0E0D17

muted

#7E7E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #516BEA

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

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