#516C96#516C96

#516C96 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.074 H 259.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516C96
RGB	rgb(81, 108, 150)
HSL	hsl(217, 30%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(217, 46%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 28%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.19, 1.94, -25.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.19, 26.05, 274.27°)
OKLab	oklab(52.79% -0.0141 -0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(52.79% 0.074 259)
XYZ	xyz(14.2591, 14.6756, 30.9296)
Luminance	0.1468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516C96 #967B51

analogous

#518E96 #516C96 #595196

triadic

#516C96 #96516C #6C9651

tetradic

#516C96 #96518E #967B51 #519659

square

#516C96 #96518E #967B51 #519659

split-complementary

#516C96 #965951 #8E9651

monochromatic

#263347 #3C4F6E #516C96 #728BB3 #99ACC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#516C96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#516C96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516C96

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516C96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516C96	1.00	5.34	3.94	5.34
#FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C6F98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#556895

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36757B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516c96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 108, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.074 259.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8595b5',
    500: '#516c96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516c96;
$custom-light: #8595b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516c96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.522,
    "s": 29.87,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52787,
    "c": 0.07393,
    "h": 259
  },
  "luminance": 0.14676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516C96

secondary

#B5A68E

accent

#9F62C6

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF1F6

border

#CACBD0

text

#0B0D11

muted

#7C7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #516C96

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

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