#516CA7#516CA7

#516CA7 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.098 H 264.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516CA7
RGB	rgb(81, 108, 167)
HSL	hsl(221, 35%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(221, 51%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 35.3%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.99, 7.30, -34.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.99, 35.51, 281.86°)
OKLab	oklab(53.68% -0.0092 -0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(53.68% 0.098 264.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.7286, 15.2634, 38.6690)
Luminance	0.1526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516CA7 #A78C51

analogous

#5197A7 #516CA7 #6151A7

triadic

#516CA7 #A7516C #6CA751

tetradic

#516CA7 #A75197 #A78C51 #51A761

square

#516CA7 #A75197 #A78C51 #51A761

split-complementary

#516CA7 #A76151 #97A751

monochromatic

#293755 #3D517E #516CA7 #788EBD #A1B0D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#516CA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#516CA7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516CA7

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516CA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516CA7	1.00	5.18	4.05	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5571A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B69A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A7982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516ca7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 108, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.098 264.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8795c1',
    500: '#516ca7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516ca7;
$custom-light: #8795c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516ca7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.163,
    "s": 34.677,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5368,
    "c": 0.0984,
    "h": 264.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516CA7

secondary

#BFB295

accent

#A85DCB

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F1F7

border

#CBCBD0

text

#0C0D12

muted

#7D7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #516CA7

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

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